Matthew Seligman Department of Philosophy 5 Washington Place New York, NY 10003 Email:

MATTHEW SELIGMAN is a fourth-year Ph.D. student. He graduated from Stanford University in 2002, where he majored in Mathematics and in Philosophy. He also received an MA in Philosophy at Stanford. Before coming to NYU, he spent a year in the Ph.D. program at the University of California at Berkeley.

Matthew's philosophical interests lie in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, and political philosophy. He is most interested in the intersection of these fields, including metaethics, moral psychology, practical reason, and the philosophy of action. Recently these questions have led him to a substantive interest in the law, which he will pursue as a student at Stanford Law School.

He is writing a dissertation in metaethics, on the error theory of morality and the representational character of moral experience.

Matthew was born and raised in Roslyn, New York. While living in California he enjoyed rock and ice climbing, and more recently alpine mountaineering. He tries to travel overseas whenever he can. In his spare time he plays guitar and argues about politics. He lives in the East Village.

Matthew has a paper forthcoming in Philosophy and Public Affairs, titled "Luck, Leverage, and Equality: A Bargaining Problem for Luck Egalitarians."