Sharon Street

Sharon Street is an American philosopher and academic, born in 1973. She is a professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at New York University. Street specializes in metaethics, with a particular focus on reconciling our understanding of normativity with a scientific conception of the world. She received her B.A. from Amherst College in 1995 and her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2003. Her doctoral dissertation explored the metaethical implications of evolutionary biological explanations of our normative capacities. Street's work has significantly influenced metaethics, where she advocates for "Humean Constructivism," differentiating it from "Kantian constructivism." She has also been a notable critic of naturalist, non-naturalist, quasi-realist, and theist metaethical viewpoints. Her notable ideas include exploring the metaethical implications of evolutionary biology on our normative commitments.