Mary Cunningham

Mary Cunningham

Lecturer

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Ph.D., University of Kentucky - Specialization: Plato, Hippocratic Gynecology, Social Epistemology, Philosophy of Creativity, Philosophy of Perception

Location: Ayers 2050

615.460.6089
mary.cunningham@belmont.edu

Biography

Dr. Cunningham holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Kentucky (2022). Her dissertation, "Sexual Difference in Plato's Timaeus", focuses on the way Plato and the Hippocratics write about femininity in the human body and in philosophical discourse. In addition to ancient Greek philosophy and culture, her research and teaching interests include social epistemology (especially the philosophy of conspiracy theories), the philosophy of creativity, and philosophy of perception.