Rachana Kamtekar (born 2 April 1965) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at

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. She is known for her works on

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. She is the current editor of the Journal Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy.https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/o/oxford-studies-in-ancient-philosophy-osap/?cc=us&lang=en&

Books

* ''Plato's Moral Psychology: Intellectualism, the Divided Soul, and Desire for Good'', Oxford University Press 2017 * ''Virtue and Happiness: Essays in Honour of Julia Annas'' (ed.), Oxford University Press 2012 * ''A Companion to Socrates'', co-editor with Sara Ahbel-Rappe, Blackwell 2006 * ''Critical Essays on Plato’s Euthyphro, Crito, and Apology'' (ed.), Rowman and Littlefield 2004

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* 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics Living people 1965 births Cornell University faculty American ethicists Moral psychologists Stanford University alumni University of Chicago alumni American women writers of Indian descent American academics of Indian descent Plato scholars {{US-philosopher-stub