Anna Lannstrom

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department Chair

Ph.D., Boston University
M.A., Boston University
B.A., English Writing and Philosophy, State University of New York at Potsdam. Summa Cum Laude.

E-mail: alannstrom@stonehill.edu
Phone: 508-565-1170
Office: Duffy 237

Research Interests:

  • Ancient philosophy, focusing on Socrates' religion.

Recent Publications:

  • "Trusting the Divine Voice: Socrates and His Daimonion." Apeiron, 2012, 45(1), 32-49.
  • "A Religious Revolution? How Socrates Undermined the Practice of Sacrifice." Ancient Philosophy, 2011, 31:2. 261-274.
  • "Socrates, the Philosopher in the Theaetetus Digression (172c-177c), and the Ideal of Homoiôsis Theôi." Apeiron, 2011, 44(2): 111-130.

Recent Presentations:

  • "Socrates' moral impiety: A reading of Euthyphro 6a." Association for Core Texts and Courses Seventeenth Annual Conference, New Haven, CT. April, 2011.
  • "The Religion of Socrates." Philosophy Forum, State University of New York at Potsdam. March, 2011.
  • "A Religious Revolution? How Socrates Undermined the Practice of Sacrifice." Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy panel at the American Philosophical Association meeting, Boston MA, December 2010.
  • "Texts and Contexts: What Athens Teaches Us about Plato’s Apology." Association for Core Texts and Courses Sixteenth Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, April, 2010.
  • "Trusting the Voice: Socrates and His Daimonion." Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Annual Conference, New York City, October 2009 (Not the same paper as "Hearing Voices" below).

Significant Older Publications:

  • Loving the Fine: Goodness and Happiness in Aristotle's Ethics. Notre Dame: Notre Dame UP, 2006.
  • "Am I My Brother’s Keeper? An Aristotelian Take on Responsibility for Others." Responsibility. Ed. Barbara Darling Smith. Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion. Vol. 26. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2007.
  • "Locke’s Account of Personal Identity: Memory as Fallible Evidence." History of Philosophy Quarterly, 24:1, 2007.

Courses Taught:

  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Presocratic Thought
  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Asian Philosophies
  • Learning Community (with John Lanci) Stonehill and How to Fix It
  • A variety of moral inquiry, general philosophy, and FY writing seminars

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