Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at UCLA. I work in ancient Greek philosophy and ethics, with a focus on (Neo-)Aristotelian approaches to moral psychology and practical rationality.
In my dissertation, I explore aspects of human rationality from an Aristotelian perspective, including our capacities for value-learning, active access to the past, and self-relation. Through close engagement with Aristotelian texts, especially in ethics and psychology, I aim to draw out insights for a conception of rationality that is not “rationalistic”—one that, while preserving an important place for rationality in our self-understanding, remains sensitive to the human condition in which it is rooted.
I also have interests in philosophy of action, medieval philosophy, and 19th- and 20th-century continental philosophy (especially phenomenology and existentialism).
You can find my CV here. I can be reached at jslee@humnet.ucla.edu.