Kress, Emily

Emily Kress

William A. Dyer, Jr. Assistant Professor of the Humanities

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I am interested in ancient Greek philosophy, especially Aristotle. I am currently thinking about how to understand his views on capacities and change.

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Philosophy

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"How the Soul Uses Its Tools: Flexible Agency in Aristotle’s Account of Animal Generation." Phronesis, 2023.

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"Review of Aristotle on sexual difference: metaphysics, biology, politics, by Marguerite Deslauriers." British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2023.

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"Review of Sean Kelsey, Mind and World in Aristotle's De Anima." Philosophical Review, vol. 132, no. 3, 2023, pp. 491-4.

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Kress, Emily. "Thought, Choice, and Other Causes in Aristotle’s Account of Luck." Apeiron, 2021.

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"Aristotle on Spontaneous Generation, Spontaneity, and Natural Processes." Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, vol. 58, 2020.

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"Review of Devin Henry, Aristotle on matter, form, and moving causes: the hylomorphic theory of substantial generation." Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2020.

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Kress, Emily. "How Things Happen for the Sake of Something: The Dialectical Strategy of Aristotle, Physics 2.8." Phronesis, vol. 64, no. 3, 2019, pp. 321-347.

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"Occurrent States and the Problem of Counterfeit Belief in Hume's Treatise." Hume Studies, 2017.

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Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
2018	PhD	Yale University
2012	BA	University of Western Ontario

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Emily Kress

William A. Dyer, Jr. Assistant Professor of the Humanities

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