Alexandra Gustafson
Biography
Alexandra鈥檚 primary research interests are in moral psychology and the philosophy of love. In particular, she is interested in the phenomenology of love鈥攅specially attention and attachment鈥攁nd how this experience bears on the question of whether we love for reasons. She has additional interests in the philosophy of disability and in public philosophy, generally speaking.
Alexandra has teaching interests in ethics and aesthetics, particularly at their intersection. She is the recipient of the University of Toronto (St. George) Department of Philosophy鈥檚 2022 and the 2023 UofT Faculty of Arts & Science . From 2023-24, she taught ethics in the UofT, St. George Department of Computer Science as part of the .
Education
- PhD, Philosophy (University of Toronto)
- MA, Philosophy (Brandeis University)
- BA, Philosophy (College of Wooster)
Teaching Interests
Teaching in 2024-25
PHLB04H3: Philosophy and Literature
PHLB05H3: Social Issues
PHLB02H3: Environmental Ethics
PHLC06H3: Topics in Ethical Theory
Research Interests
Moral Psychology, Ethics, Philosophy of Disability, Aesthetics
Public Scholarship
- 2022. 鈥淟ove transcends the self." Institute of Art and Ideas.
- 2022. 鈥淲hy it can be sublime to love someone who doesn't love you back.鈥 Psyche.