Alice Crary

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Alice Crary
Crary in 2017
Born	1967 (age 57–58)[2] Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA) University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
Notable work	The Good it Promises, the Harm it Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism (2023) Animal Crisis (2022) Inside Ethics (2016) Beyond Moral Judgment (2007) The New Wittgenstein (2000)
Awards	Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, The University of Oxford (2021-22) Membership, Institute for Advanced Study School of Social Sciences (2017-18)
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Pittsburgh school Ordinary language philosophy[1]
Doctoral advisor	John McDowell
Other academic advisors	Stanley Cavell, Hilary Putnam
Main interests	Moral philosophy, philosophy and literature, epistemology, feminist philosophy, feminist epistemology, conceptualism, animal ethics, disability studies, The Frankfurt School, objectivity
Notable ideas	Wider objectivity and rationality; critical animal theory; All human beings and animals are inside ethics
Website	www.alicecrary.com

Alice Crary (/ˈkrɛəri/; born 1967) is an American philosopher who currently holds the positions of University Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Faculty, The New School for Social Research in New York City and Visiting Fellow at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, U.K. (where she was Professor of Philosophy 2018–19).