Tarek R. Dika
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
Tarek R. Dika is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy. He received a PhD and MA from Johns Hopkins University, and a BA from the University of Michigan.
Dika’s research divides into two areas: early modern philosophy and science, and German and French phenomenology. From 2016 to 2021, he was an assistant professor in the Program of Liberal Studies and a faculty member in the Program of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame. At Notre Dame, he was also a fellow in the Medieval Institute and a concurrent assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy. From 2013 to 2016, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows. His recent publications include "The Origins of Cartesian Dualism" (Journal of the American Philosophical Association) and "Heidegger's Concept of 'Sense' in Being and Time" (Crossing: the INPR Journal).