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Tushar Irani

Professor of Philosophy

Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue
860-685-4462

Professor of Letters

Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue
860-685-4462

Professor, Education Studies

Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue
860-685-4462

Faculty Director, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Boger Hall Room 321, 41 Wyllys Avenue
860-685-4462

tirani@wesleyan.edu

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BA Colgate University
PHD Northwestern University

Tushar Irani

Tushar Irani's research focuses on Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is the author of Plato on the Value of Philosophy: The Art of Argument in the Gorgias and Phaedrus (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and the co-editor of the recent volume of essays, Philosophy as a Way of Life: Historical, Contemporary, and Pedagogical Perspectives (Wiley, 2020). Irani holds a joint appointment at Wesleyan in the Department of Philosophy and the College of Letters. Beginning in the spring of 2021, he will be serving as Director of the College of Letters. In addition to his work on Plato, he has interests in questions of philosophical method, philosophy as a way of life, the history and practice of rhetoric, Ancient Greek and Roman literature, and the history of ethics (especially virtue ethics). For his professional website, see here.

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Office Hours

Fall 2024: Monday through Friday, 2:00-3:00pm by appointment. Please schedule an appointment by e-mail or through Calendly.

Courses

Fall 2024
PHIL 195 - 01
Mellon Mays Fall Seminar

PHIL 207Q - 01
Live Like a Philosopher

PHIL 250 - 01
Thinking By Analogy

Spring 2025
COL 242 - 01
Sophomore Colloquium 2

PHIL 152 - 01
Living Good Life: Greek Lab

PHIL 210 - 03
Living a Good Life

PHIL 210 - 04
Living a Good Life