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Teaching Assistant Professor
Program for Public Discourse and Department of Philosophy

rhanlon@unc.edu

Rory Hanlon joined UNC in 2023 as a teaching assistant professor in the Program for Public Discourse and the Department of Philosophy. Before that, he was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago. And before that, he studied at St. John’s College, Santa Fe (BA, 2014) and the University of Chicago (PhD, Joint Program in Ancient Philosophy, 2021). He teaches widely, but in his research focuses on ancient Greek thought—in particular, ancient philosophers’ (especially Aristotle’s) conceptions of mind, soul, and life. He also examines the influences of these conceptions throughout the history of philosophy, and their relevance for contemporary philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and moral psychology. He also has a strong interest in the philosophy of film, film theory, and their connection to Greek thought. Finally, he attempts to incorporate these disparate interests in an overarching interest in philosophy as a “way of life”, especially (but not exclusively) as this came about in the Greco-Roman world.