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Kurt Mosser
Professor Emeritus
Emeritus
College of Arts and Sciences: Philosophy
Degrees
- Ph.D., University of Chicago
Profile
Dr. Mosser's area of scholarly research was in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, specifically the Critique of Pure Reason. He holds a B.A. from SMU (1979), an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1991). His current project explores the internal migration, South to North, of both Whites and African Americans (1920-60), and the role popular music (specifically bluegrass and blues) played in developing, maintaining and changing cultural identity.
Research interests
- The philosophy of Kant, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein
- Labor history