Dr Simon Shogry

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Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy & Tutorial Fellow, Brasenose College
Brasenose College
simon.shogry@philosophy.ox.ac.uk

Qualifications: Ph.D. Princeton (Program in Classical Philosophy), B.A. Claremont McKenna College

Link to college page: https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/academic-staff/539-professor-simon-shogry
Link to Philosophy Faculty Page: https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/people/simon-shogry

 

Academic Background

For my B.A. I studied philosophy at a small liberal arts college in Southern California (Claremont McKenna College), where I was introduced to Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic thinkers. I subsequently completed the intensive summer Greek and Latin courses at UC Berkeley. I obtained my Ph.D. in Classical Philosophy from Princeton University in 2016. Before coming to Oxford in 2017, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University and a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and the College of New Jersey.

Research Interests

Stoic logic, epistemology, and ethics; Epicurean epistemology and ethics; Platonic epistemology and moral psychology; Aristotelian moral psychology; Epictetus; Seneca’s philosophical works.

Research Keywords

Ancient ethics; ancient logic; ancient epistemology; moral psychology; Hellenistic philosophy; Stoicism

Teaching

I teach all undergraduate papers in ancient philosophy, as well as Ethics.

Publications

Full Publications:

Selected Publications:
I have recently written a short book, Stoic Eros (CUP, 2024), and published a paper on Seneca’s use of dialectic for the purpose of moral improvement (Ancient Philosophy 2024). For detailed information on all my publications, please visit my personal webpage