Maxaïe Belmont
Ph.D. Student • Dr. W. Burghardt Turner Fellow
Philosophy
Education: Ph.D. Stony Brook University (In Progress) • M.A. Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY (2023) • M.A. Liberal Studies, The Graduate Center, CUNY (2022) • B.S. Marketing, St. John’s University (2016)
Areas of Specialization: Ethics, Philosophy of Mind
My current research focuses around social ontology, an ethics of care, and the cognitive
process behind beliefs. I am particularly interested in a relationship I find between
acts of care and the nature of the self.
Research Interests: Representationalism, Functionalism, Ontology