Beginning Fall 2025, I am Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
I recently earned my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Maryland, College Park. My research focuses on ethics and the moral psychology of emotions. I take a humanistic approach to these topics, drawing on literature and other arts to defend philosophical conclusions embedded in ordinary understanding. I tend to work in a pluralistic framework, at the intersections of historical and contemporary philosophy, as well as the continental and analytic traditions.
Lately I've been interested in the rationality of emotions across time. …
Beginning Fall 2025, I am Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
I recently earned my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Maryland, College Park. My research focuses on ethics and the moral psychology of emotions. I take a humanistic approach to these topics, drawing on literature and other arts to defend philosophical conclusions embedded in ordinary understanding. I tend to work in a pluralistic framework, at the intersections of historical and contemporary philosophy, as well as the continental and analytic traditions.
Lately I've been interested in the rationality of emotions across time. My most recent paper concerns the intermittent nature of grief. I'm also curious about the philosophy of love. I wrote about loving someone whose values you don't share and about the ethics of seduction. Works in progress include a paper on intense emotional commitment and a couple of ongoing projects in the philosophy of literature.
Besides Maryland, I studied philosophy at Bard College and The New School for Social Research. I have taught courses on negative emotions, love and sex, existentialism, ethical theory, and contemporary moral issues. At Maryland, I advised philosophy majors as an undergraduate advisor and co-founded the department's Minorities and Philosophy chapter.
My website is https://www.jeremiahtillman.net/. You can email me at [email protected].
