Raquel Vengroff
Graduate Student
Area(s) of Specialization: Aesthetics; Metaethics; Epistemology
Area(s) of Competence: Philosophy of Language; Moral Psychology
Raquel Vengroff primarily works in the areas of epistemology, aesthetics, and metaethics. She is concerned with unconventional methods of knowledge acquisition. For the culmination of her Master’s degree, she wrote her thesis on the phenomenon of moral advice and why it should be considered a sui generis speech act. Currently, Raquel is working to understand whether artists can convey testimony through artworks. At its heart, Raquel’s work is purposefully and proudly interdisciplinary. When she is not philosophizing, Raquel can be caught antique (window) shopping, reading plotless fiction, or sunbathing with her cats, Luna and Bowie.
Before attending Northwestern, Raquel received her BA with a double major in English and Philosophy from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). In 2023, she received her MA in Philosophy, as well, from TMU.