Christian Coseru

Christian Coseru is the Spring 2025 Numata Visiting Professor in Buddhist Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Charleston. Prof. Coseru specializes in philosophy of mind and cross-cultural philosophy, especially Indian and Buddhist philosophy in dialogue with Western (classical and contemporary) philosophy and cognitive science. He is the author of Perceiving Reality: Consciousness, Intentionality, and Cognition in Buddhist Philosophy (OUP 2012), and editor of Reasons and Empty Persons: Mind, Metaphysics, and Morality (Springer 2023). Prof. Coseru holds licence and maîtrise in philosophy degrees from the University of Bucharest and a Ph.D. from the Australian National University.