Michael Powell

Michael's work lies at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and the philosophy of language. He also has interests in the history of analytic philosophy (especially Wittgenstein and Elizabeth Anscombe) and in Kant’s theoretical philosophy. His dissertation offers a novel treatment of self-knowledge in its various forms, the scope of immunity (and liability) to error through misidentification, and the logic of the first person. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 2026 and his BA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Annapolis in 2016.