Drew Chambers

Welcome

I am a May 2025 Ph.D. graduate in Philosophy and Education from Columbia University's Teachers College. I passed my defense (viva) with no corrections/revisions on April 2nd, 2025. My committee comprised David Bakhurst (Queen's University), Matthew Congdon (Vanderbilt University), David Hansen (Columbia University), Megan Laverty (Columbia University), and Katja Vogt (Columbia University). 

My dissertation is titled "The Shape of Moral Understanding: Practical Reasoning Informed by Perception and Language." In the dissertation, I argue for a novel account of moral understanding that demonstrates why moral understanding should be considered tantamount to eudaimonistic practical reasoning. On my view, practical reasoning entails, alongside deliberative thought, the theoretical thought involved in accurate comprehension of our circumstances and appropriate sensitivity toward the moral features of the world. Over 9 chapters, the project covers the topics of moral understanding, moral perception, moral articulation, moral inquiry, and moral education. 

As a philosopher with formal graduate training in quantitative and qualitative empirical research methods, I am well suited to engage empirical findings in my philosophical work and also conduct empirical work with a philosophical orientation. 

In my spare time, I enjoy film photography, rock climbing, cooking, films, literature, and design.