Matthew Boyle is an American philosopher, and Emerson and Grace Wineland Pugh Professor of Humanities at
The University of Chicago
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. He is known for his works on the
philosophy of mind
Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of the mind and its relation to the Body (biology), body and the Reality, external world.
The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a ...
and on some issues in the
history of philosophy
The history of philosophy is the systematic study of the development of philosophical thought. It focuses on philosophy as rational inquiry based on argumentation, but some theorists also include myth, religious traditions, and proverbial lor ...
.
Books
* ''Additive Theories of Rationality: A Critique''
* ''Essentially Rational Animals''
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century American philosophers
University of Chicago faculty
American philosophers of mind
University of Pittsburgh alumni
Alumni of the University of Oxford
American historians of philosophy
Year of birth missing (living people)
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