Scott Hendricks

Prof. Hendricks received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2001. He has taught at Clark since 2001 and holds the George F. Kneller Endowed Chair in Philosophy.

Prof. Hendricks's primary research interests concern issues within the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and epistemology. Presently he is focusing on the nature of so-called "phenomenal concepts" (our concepts of the qualitative aspects of one's own sensory experience) and the role they play in discussions about anti-physicalist arguments.

The advanced undergraduate courses that Mr. Hendricks teaches at Clark are Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, and Philosophy of Psychology. Each Fall semester, he teaches Clark's Symbolic Logic course. He continues to cultivate his love for ancient Greek philosophy by offering an undergraduate seminar on Plato's Republic to incoming first-year students on a semi-regular basis. Recently, Prof. Hendricks co-taught an advanced undergraduate seminar with Professor Betsy Huang of the English department entitled "Science Fiction and the Mind of the Other."