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Department of Philosophy

Claire Watts

Graduate Student

I’m a first-year PhD student. My work centers on how literature can inform philosophical inquiry. I’m also drawn to how the philosophy of emotions and moods shapes metaethics and self-knowledge. 

Specializations

Moral Psychology; Philosophy of Emotions; Ethics; Metaethics; Aesthetics; Philosophy of Mind


Representative Publications

Watts, Claire. “You Can’t Argue against Rationality.” Public Humanities, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2, 2026, e76. https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10179.