The Department of Philosophy at Georgia State offers the MA in Philosophy.
The Department has five faculty members specializing in Kant and post-Kantian German philosophy, and it has especially good resources for students interested in this area. Jessica N. Berry works primarily on Nietzsche, with a focus on skeptical themes in his work and his relationship to Classical thought. She is currently undertaking research for a book on Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud. Sebastian Rand works on Hegel and post-Kantian idealism, with a secondary interest in twentieth-century French and German philosophy. He is currently writing a book on mathematics and mechanics in Hegel’s philosophy of nature. Eric Wilson’s research concentrates on ethics and moral psychology, particularly in the work of Kant and other modern philosophers. S.M. Love works on Immanuel Kant’s theory of right and its role in contemporary discussions of political and legal theory, as well as its relation to Karl Marx’s treatment of capitalism. Greg Moore, in the Department of History, enjoys a secondary appointment in the Department of Philosophy. He is an intellectual historian with a focus on German philosophy since the Enlightenment (especially Herder, Fichte, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche) and the impact of scientific thought on German philosophy.
Each year, the Department designates an outstanding incoming graduate student who expects to work in this area as a Graduate Scholar in Kant and post-Kantian German Philosophy. The Department is also home to The Journal of Nietzsche Studies, edited by Jessica Berry, who also serves on the executive committee of the International Society for Nietzsche Studies.
Recent M.A. theses in this area have been on topics such as Kant’s account of desire, the roles of honor and empathy in Nietzsche’s ethics, Nietzsche and Homer on ‘dissimulation, Hegel on marriage, and Hume’s political philosophy.
Updated February 6, 2019