PH.D. Vanderbilt University, 2001 Dissertation: Contingency and the Being of Possibilities (an Essay on Aristotle and Duns Scotus)

Agrége de Philosophie: Sorbonne University, Paris (France) 1987

Diplôme d’ Etudes Approfondies: Sorbonne University, Paris (France), 1984 Thesis: The relation to Others in Kant’s Philosophy (with Honors)

Elève of the Ecole Normale Supérieure: 1982-85