Susan Sauvé Meyer

Susan Meyer
Professor and Chair of Philosophy
smeyer (at) phil.upenn.edu
Ph.D. Cornell University
Office Location: 
Claudia Cohen Hall 463
Office Hours: 
Wednesdays 1-2 (Fall 2008) & by appointment
Research Interests: 
  • Greek and Roman Philosophy
  • History of Moral Philosophy

    • My research focuses on Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. I am interested in the natural philosophy of the period, especially that of Aristotle and the Stoics. I also work on Greek and Roman ethics and have recently publishes Ancient Ethics (Routledge 2008) a systematic treatment of Plato’s, Aristotle’s, Epicurean, and Stoic ethics which is designed to serve the interests both of students of ancient philosophy and of specialists in contemporary ethics who seek to understand the differences between Ancient and modern ethical philosophy.

    Selected Publications: 
    • “Aristotle, Teleology, and Reduction.” The Philosophical Review 101, (1992), 791-825
    • Aristotle on Moral Responsibility, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1993.
    • “Fate, Fatalism, and Agency in Stoicism” Social Philosophy and Policy, vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer, 1999), 250-273; reprinted in Responsibility, edited by E. F. Paul, F. D. Miller, and J. Paul., Cambridge, 1999.
    • "Plato on the Law", A Companion to Plato, edited by Hugh Benson (Blackwell, 2006)
    • Ancient Ethics, Routledge, 2008