Timothy Martin Crane (born 17 October 1962) is a British philosopher specialising in the

philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the ontology and nature of the mind and its relationship with the body. The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a number of other issues are add ...

philosophy of perception The philosophy of perception is concerned with the nature of perceptual experience and the status of perceptual data, in particular how they relate to beliefs about, or knowledge of, the world.cf. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/perception-epi ...

, philosophy of psychology and metaphysics. His contributions to philosophy include a defence of a non-physicalist account of the mind; a defence of intentionalism about consciousness; a defence of the thesis that perceptual experience has non-conceptual content; a psychologistic approach to the objects of thought; and a defence of the thesis that intentionality is the mark of the mental. He is currently the Head of Department and Professor of Philosophy at

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, and was previously the

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at the

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and a Fellow of Peterhouse. For the academic year 2020–21 he was a Visiting Professor at the

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Biography

Crane obtained his BA from

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills ( Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_cha ...

, his MA from the

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and his PhD in 1989 from the

, where he was a student at

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and studied with

Jeremy Butterfield Jeremy Nicholas Butterfield FBA (born 1954) is a philosopher at the University of Cambridge, noted particularly for his work on philosophical aspects of quantum theory, relativity theory and classical mechanics. Biography Butterfield obtained ...

and

Hugh Mellor David Hugh Mellor (; 10 July 1938 – 21 June 2020) was a British philosopher. He was a Professor of Philosophy and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, later Professor Emeritus, of Cambridge University. Biography Mellor was born in London on 10 July 1938, ...

. From 1990 to 2009, he taught at

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, first as a lecturer, then as a reader, as a professor, and as head of department. He was director of the Institute of Philosophy in London from 2005 to 2008. He was appointed as the

at the

in September 2009. He is also the philosophy editor of the

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. In August 2017, he joined the Department of Philosophy at

, assuming a full professorship. He is the brother of composer

Laurence Crane Laurence Crane (born 1961 in Oxford) is a composer of contemporary classical music. Career Laurence Crane is closely associated with the ensemble Apartment House, who have given over 40 performances of his works. Some performances they have ...

. He is married to the philosopher

Katalin Farkas Katalin is a feminine given name and is a Hungarian variant from Catherine. Notable people with the name include: * Katalin Bánffy Hungarian noblewoman * Kata Bethlen (1700–1759) Hungarian writer, sometimes known in English as Katherine Bethle ...

, who also teaches at

Books

Authored books * ''The Meaning of Belief'' (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2017) * ''Aspects of Psychologism'' (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2014) * ''The Objects of Thought'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013) * ''Intentionalität als Merkmal des Geistigen: Sechs Essays zur Philosophie des Geistes'', translated by Markus Wild and Simone Ungerer (Frankfurt: Fischer Verlag 2007). * ''Elements of Mind'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2001) * ''The Mechanical Mind: A Philosophical Introduction to Minds, Machines and Mental Representation'' (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1995) ** Second edition, substantially revised with one wholly new chapter (London: Routledge 2003) Edited books * (with Katalin Farkas) ''Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2004) * (with Sarah Patterson) ''History of the Mind-Body Problem'' (London: Routledge 2000) * ''A Debate on Dispositions by D.M. Armstrong, C.B. Martin and U.T. Place'' (London: Routledge 1996) * ''The Contents of Experience'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1992)

References

External links

Tim Crane's webpage
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