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Dr. Megan Fritts joined the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock philosophy faculty in the School of Human Inquiry in 2022. She received her Ph.D. in 2020 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work intersects with several subdisciplines, including technology ethics, medical ethics, action theory, 19th century philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Her current projects focus on ways in which emerging technologies threaten to undermine essential conditions for human flourishing.
Dr. Fritts teaches several courses at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, including Ethics and Society, Technology Ethics, Philosophy of Science, and 19th Century Philosophy. She is also the co-host of Philosophy on the Fringes, a podcast that applies rigorous philosophical thinking to unexpected topics.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
鈥淩easons explanations (of actions) as structural explanations鈥�, Synthese 199 (5-6):12683-12704 (2021)
Co-Authored with Frank Cabrera: 鈥淔ake News and Epistemic Vice: Combating a Uniquely Noxious Market鈥�, Journal of the American Philosophical Association (3):1-22 (2022)
鈥淓cho Chambers and Social Media: On the Possibilities of a Tax Incentive Solution鈥�, Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 12 (7): 13-19. 2023.
鈥淲ell-Being and Moral Constraints: A Modified Subjectivist Account鈥�, Philosophia 50 (4):1809-1824 (2022)
鈥淓vidence Through a Glass, Darkly鈥�, Australasian Philosophical Review 5 (1): 56-61. 2021.
Book Chapters
鈥淎rresting Time’s Arrow: Death, Loss, and the Preservation of Real Union鈥�, In Bennett Gilbert & Natan Elgabsi (eds.), Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History: A Cross-Cultural Approach. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic (2023)
Co-authored with Amber Bowen: 鈥淎rkangel and the Death of God: A Nietzschean Critique of Technology鈥檚 Soteriological Scheme鈥� In John Anthony Dunne & Amber Bowen (eds.), Theology and Black Mirror. Fortress Academic. pp. 101-115 (2022)