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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Faculty


Janni Pedersen

Lecturer
Philosophy

402 Catt Hall
Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-7276
Email: jannip@iastate.edu

Education
BA, Philosophy, University of Aarhus, Denmark
MA, Philosophy, University of Aarhus, Denmark
PhD Candidate, EEB and Anthropology, Iowa State University

Courses Taught
Phil 230: Moral Theory and Practice (PDF)

Research and Teaching Interests
Contemporary ethical issues and ethical theory
Linguistic and cognitive abilities of great apes and their implications for epistemology and philosophy of language
Language evolution
Origins of normative behavior
Philosophical anthropology

Publications
Aspects of Repetition in Bonobo–Human
Conversation: Creating Cohesion in a Conversation Between Species
Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, 2008
DOI 10.1007/s12124-008-9067-6

Janni Pedersen