Susanna Siegel

Susanna Siegel is an American philosopher. She is the Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University and is well known for her work in the philosophy of mind and epistemology, especially on perception. Siegel received her B.A. in philosophy from Swarthmore College in 1991, an M.A. in philosophy from Yale University in 1993, an M.A. from Cornell University in 1996, and a PhD in philosophy from Cornell in 2000, under the supervision of Sydney Shoemaker. From 1999 to 2004, she was an assistant professor of philosophy at Harvard University, later becoming the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities before being promoted to full professor in 2005. In 2011, she was appointed the Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy. She has held visiting appointments at the University of Birmingham and the University of Oslo. Siegel is best known for her contributions to the philosophy of perception and epistemology. Her monograph, *The Contents of Visual Experience*, has been highly acclaimed, with Ned Block describing it as "one of the most significant books in philosophy of mind for many years." Her work critically examines the contents of experience and has influenced subsequent discussions in the field. She also argues that perceptual experiences can be epistemically evaluated, challenging the traditional view of them as foundational justifications for beliefs.