John B. Brough, Professor of Philosophy, works chiefly in the areas of phenomenology, the philosophy of art, and the history of modern philosophy. He has written a number of essays on themes in Husserlian phenomenology, including time, the experience of time, perception, memory, imagination, and picturing.

In the philosophy of art, Professor Brough is interested in the question of what distinguishes works of art from things that are not art, especially against the background of what goes on in the contemporary art world. He is also interested in the status of images, particularly the roles images play in art and how images differ from other phenomena, such as ordinary perceived objects, phantasied objects, remembered objects, and so on.