Rima Basu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Department

Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

Epistemology

Ethics and Moral Issues

Race & Social Problems

Rima.Basu@ClaremontMcKenna.edu

https://www.rimabasu.com/

Kravis Center

281

CV

Office Hours

Tuesday 1-3pm or by appointment

Education

Hons BA with high distinction, University of Toronto; MA, University of Toronto; Ph.D in philosophy, University of Southern California

Research and Publications

"Radical Moral Encroachment: The Moral Stakes of Racist Beliefs", Philosophical Issues. Forthcoming.

“To avoid moral failure, don’t see people as Sherlock does”, Aeon Magazine. May 22 2019.

The Specter of Normative Conflict: Does Fairness Require Inaccuracy? In Erin Beeghly & Alex Madva (eds.), An Introduction to Implicit Bias: Knowledge, Justice, and the Social Mind. Routledge. Forthcoming.

“The Wrongs of Racist Beliefs”, Philosophical Studies 176(9):2497-2515. 2019.

“What We Epistemically Owe To Each Other”, Philosophical Studies 176(4):915-931. 2019.

“Doxastic Wronging”, in Pragmatic Encroachment in Epistemology, eds. Brian Kim and
Matthew McGrath. Routledge, pp. 181-205. 2019.(co-authored with Mark Schroeder).

“Can Beliefs Wrong?”, Philosophical Topics 46(1):1-17. 2018.