Bio

Antonia Peacocke works on philosophy of action, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and aesthetics, including philosophy of literature. As of December 2025, her monograph Mental Means is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. Before coming to Stanford, she was a Bersoff Faculty Fellow in the Philosophy Department at New York University. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018.

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Philosophy

Honors & Awards

  • Visiting Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, LMU Munich (Summer 2024)
  • Annenberg Faculty Fellow, Stanford University (2025-2027)
  • Faculty Fellow, Center for Affective Science, Stanford University (2024-2025)
  • Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching (First Years Teaching), Stanford University (2024)
  • Stanford Humanities Center Manuscript Workshop, Stanford University (2023)

Professional Education

  • A.B., Harvard College, Philosophy (2012)
  • Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Philosophy (2018)

Links

2025-26 Courses

Stanford Advisees

  • Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
    Max Forster, Elise Sugarman, Juanhe (TJ) Tan
  • Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
    Ali Hazel, Stewart Huang

All Publications