Elizabeth S. Anderson

Elizabeth S. Anderson (born 5 December 1959), is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan and is a notable American philosopher specializing in moral and political philosophy.

Education and career

Anderson received a B.A. with high honors in philosophy with a minor in economics from Swarthmore College in 1981. In 1987 Anderson completed a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Harvard University. She was a visiting instructor of philosophy at Swarthmore College 1985-86 and took up a position at the University of Michigan in 1987. She was Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies 1993-1999 and was promoted to professor in 1999. In 2004 she was named Arthur F. Thurnau Professor. In 2005 she was named John Rawls Collegiate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies, and in 2013 the John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies. Anderson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.^[1] In 2013, Anderson received a Guggenheim Fellowship to support her work.^[2]

Research and publications

Anderson's research covers topics in social philosophy, political philosophy and ethics, including: democratic theory, equality in political philosophy and American law, racial integration, the ethical limits of markets, theories of value and rational choice (alternatives to consequentialism and economic theories of rational choice), the philosophies of John Stuart Mill and John Dewey, and feminist epistemology and philosophy of science.^[3]

Anderson's book The Imperative of Integration,^[4] was winner of the American Philosophical Association's 2011 Joseph B. Gittler Award, for "an outstanding scholarly contribution in the field of the philosophy of one or more of the social sciences."^[5] She is also author of Value in Ethics and Economics,^[6] and dozens of articles.^[7]

Bibliography

Books

• Anderson, Elizabeth (1993). Value in ethics and economics. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674931909. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth (2013). Imperative of integration. S.l: Princeton Univ Press. ISBN 9780691158112. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth; Maitra, Ishani (2013). Law & philosophy. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. ISBN 9781465229335. 

Chapters in books

• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (2000), "Contribution", in Kleindienst, Thérèse, Le livre et l'art: études offertes en hommage à Pierre Lelièvrea, Villeurbanne Paris: Presses de l'Enssib Somogy, ISBN 9782850564055 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (2004), "Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science", in Zalta, Edward N., The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2004 Edition) 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (2005), "Feminist epistemology: an interpretation and a defense", in Cudd, Ann E.; Andreasen, Robin O., Feminist theory: a philosophical anthology, Oxford, UK Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 188–209, ISBN 9781405116619. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (2010), "Defending the capabilities approach to justice", in Robeyns, Ingrid; Brighouse, Harry, Measuring justice: primary goods and capabilities, Cambridge England New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 81–100, ISBN 9780521711470 

Selected journal articles

• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (Winter 1988). "Values, risks, and market norms". Ethics and Philosophy and Public Affairs. Wiley via JSTOR. 17 (1): 54–65. JSTOR 2265286. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (Winter 1990). "Is women's labor a commodity?". Ethics and Philosophy and Public Affairs. Wiley via JSTOR. 19 (1): 71–92. JSTOR 2265363. PMID 11651966. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (October 1990). "The ethical limitations of the market". Economics and Philosophy. Cambridge Journals. 6 (2): 179–205. doi:10.1017/S0266267100001218. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (October 1991). "John Stuart Mill and experiments in living". Ethics. University of Chicago Press via JSTOR. 101 (1): 4–26. JSTOR 2381719. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (August 1995). "Feminist epistemology: an interpretation and a defense". Hypatia, special issue: Analytic Feminism. Wiley. 10 (3): 50–84. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1995.tb00737.x. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (Summer 1995). "The democratic university: the role of justice in the production of knowledge". Social Philosophy and Policy. Cambridge Journals. 12 (2): 186–219. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (Fall 1995). "Knowledge, human interests, and objectivity in feminist epistemology". Philosophical Topics, special issue - Feminist perspectives on language, knowledge, and reality. University of Arkansas Press via the Philosophy Documentation Center. 23 (2): 27–58. doi:10.5840/philtopics199523213. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S (January 1999). "What is the point of equality?". Ethics. University of Chicago Press via JSTOR. 109 (2): 287–337. doi:10.1086/233897. JSTOR 10.1086/233897. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (April 2001). "Symposium on Amartya Sen's philosophy: unstrapping the straitjacket of 'preference': a comment on Amartya Sen's contributions to philosophy and economics". Economics and Philosophy. Cambridge Journals. 17 (1): 21–38. doi:10.1017/S0266267101000128. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (November 2002). "Integration, affirmative action, and strict scrutiny". NYU Law Review. New York University - Law. 77: 1195–1271.  Pdf.
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (2003). "Sen, ethics, and democracy". Feminist Economics. Taylor and Francis. 9 (2-3): 239–261. doi:10.1080/1354570022000077953. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (July 2007). "Fair opportunity in education: a democratic equality perspective". Ethics - Symposium on Education and Equality. University of Chicago Press via JSTOR. 117 (4): 595–622. doi:10.1086/518806. JSTOR 10.1086/518806. 
• Anderson, Elizabeth S. (2012). "Epistemic justice as a virtue of social institutions". Social Epistemology, special issue - Epistemic Injustice. Taylor and Francis. 26 (2): 163–173. doi:10.1080/02691728.2011.652211. 

References

External links

• Elizabeth Anderson's web page
• Elizabeth Anderson's profile