Matthew Congdon

I am an assistant professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University. My work specializes in ethics, social philosophy, and aesthetics. I also work on language, emotions, interpersonal recognition, naturalism, and social epistemology, especially where these topics intersect with ethics.

My book, Moral Articulation: On the Development of New Moral Concepts, appeared this fall with Oxford University Press.

I am currently working on two new book projects: one on the aesthetic dimensions of our ethical lives with others (taking off from my article, “The Aesthetics of Moral Address,” which you can find in Papers) and another on the philosophy of Iris Murdoch.

I co-edited, with Alice Crary, the Spring 2021 issue of Philosophical Topics on the theme of “Social Visibility.” I am also co-editing, with Thomas Khurana, a volume titled The Philosophy of Recognition, currently under contract with Routledge.

I co-organize Ethcetera, an ethics-focused research cluster at Vanderbilt with my colleague, Diana Heney. I also serve on the editorial board for Transforming Political Philosophy, a book series with De Gruyter that focuses on marginalized philosophers and topics. I also help organize the Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Social Philosophy.

My official Vanderbilt University page can be found here.

matthew.congdon@vanderbilt.edu