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James Bohman, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
Philosophy

Education

Ph.D., Boston University
A.M., University of Chicago
B.A., Fordham University

Practice Areas

James Bohman's primary areas of research include political philosophy (deliberative and transnational democracy) and the philosophy of social science (rationality and normativity). Bohman also has done work in German philosophy (Critical Theory and German Idealism). Bohman was director of the Critical Theory Roundtable and co-director of the Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable with Paul Roth and Alison Wylie, both of which meet on a yearly basis. He has had speaking engagements all over the world including Brazil and Mexico.

Research Interests

Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science

Publications and Media Placements

  • Deliberative Systems: Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale, with Jane Mansbridge, Dennis
    Thompson, John Parkinson, Simone Chambers, and Thomas Christiano. Cambridge: Cambridge
    University Press: 2013.
  • "Ethics as Moral Inquiry: Dewey on the Moral Psychology of Social Reform" in Cambridge
    Companion to John Dewey    , ed. M. Cochran (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010),
    187-210.
  • "Deliberative Democracy, Liberalism, Reasons that All Can Accept," with Henry Richardson, 
    Journal of Political Philosophy 17 (2009), 1-22.
  • Democracy Across Borders: From Demos to Demoi. MIT Press, 2007.
  • "Democracy and the Epistemic Benefits of Diversity," Episteme 3:3 (2006), 175-190.
  • Public Deliberation: Pluralism, Complexity, and Democracy. Cambridge: MIT Press: 1996/2000.

Professional Organizations and Associations

Bohman held the Danforth I Chair in the Humanities and was Professor of Philosophy and Professor of International Studies.