Vishnu Sridharan

  • Assistant Professor
  • Affiliate Faculty Member, Law School
Vishnu Sridharan

Vishnu Sridharan (PhD, USC, 2022; JD, Stanford Law School, 2009) joined the Department in 2024 and works at the intersection of decision theory, normative ethics, and philosophy of law. Building on his prior work with nonprofits and community organizations devoted to racial and economic justice, he has a particular interest in the ways in which U.S. history ought to influence current law and policy. 

Read Professor Sridharan's CV here.

Teaching next year:
Fall
PHIL 2270 (Philosophy and Race)
PHIL 6200 (Seminar in Social and Political Philosophy)
Spring
PHIL 2220 (Philosophy and Law)
 
Recent publications:

Value Theory
 (2023). Erkenntnis.
 (2020). Synthese.

Philosophy of Law
(2022). Journal of Political Philosophy.
 (2021). Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous, with John Hawthorne and Yoaav Isaacs.

Social and Political Philosophy
 (2023). Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
 (2022). Philosophy, Politics & Economics, with Athmeya Jayaram.