Roy Sorensen

Prior to joining the UT Austin faculty in 2019, Roy Sorensen taught at University of Delaware, New York University, Dartmouth College, and Washington University in St. Louis. From 2020 to 2024, he is a Professorial Fellow at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Professor Sorensen has published over two hundred articles on topics ranging from the aesthetics of mirror imagery to the metaphysics of shadows. He is the author of eight books: Nothing: A Philosophical History (2022), A Cabinet of Philosophical Curiosities (2016), Seeing Dark Things (2008), A Brief History of the Paradox (2003), Vagueness and Contradiction (2001), Pseudo-Problems (1993), Thought Experiments (1992), and Blindspots (1988).