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Brie Gertler is an American philosopher who works primarily on problems in 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 ...
. A mind-body dualist, she is Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and, as of March 2024, interim executive vice-president and provost at the
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. Her special interests include
introspection Introspection is the examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings. In psychology, the process of introspection relies on the observation of one's mental state, while in a spiritual context it may refer to the examination of one's s ...
,
consciousness Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of a state or object, either internal to oneself or in one's external environment. However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations, and debate among philosophers, scientists, an ...
and mental content. She has edited ''Privileged Access'' (2003), an anthology of papers on self-knowledge, and co-edited (with Lawrence Shapiro) "Arguing about the Mind" (2007), a reader in the philosophy of mind.


Education and employment

Gertler has written numerous papers on her research and is a book reviewer. She received a B.A. with high honors in philosophy from
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in June 1989 and a M.A. at the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
three years later. In June 1997, she was granted a Ph.D. by
Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...
. Gertler first found employment as an assistant professor at
The College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary (abbreviated as W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institut ...
, where she worked from 1997 to 2001, before moving on to the
University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...
, where she earned tenure. She moved to her University of Virginia teaching position in 2004, was later department chair, and added the Vice-Provost title in 2021. To the thirteenth edition of the
Joel Feinberg Joel Feinberg (October 19, 1926 – March 29, 2004) was an American political and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics, action theory, philosophy of law, and political philosophy as well as individual rights and t ...
- and
Russ Shafer-Landau Russ Shafer-Landau (born 1963) is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Education and career Shafer-Landau is a graduate of Brown University and completed his PhD work at the University of ...
-edited ''Reason & Responsibility'', Gertler contributed a paper in support of dualism. It explored the fundamentals of the mind-body problem and defended her philosophy against charges of "spookiness". Her argument is founded on the claim that, in feeling pain, we know the essence of the mental state of pain.


Awards

* University of Virginia Summer Grant (Summers 2005, 2007). * Fellow, Institute for Research in the
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, University of Wisconsin (Autumn 2004: declined). * University of Wisconsin Summer Research Funds (Summers 2002, 2003). * College of William and Mary Summer Grant (Summer 2000). * NEH Stipend to attend a seminar on
folk psychology Folk psychology, commonsense psychology, or naïve psychology is the ordinary, intuitive, or non-expert understanding, explanation, and rationalization of people's behaviors and Cognitive psychology, mental states. In philosophy of mind and cognit ...
, led by
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(Summer 1999). * NEH Summer Grant (Summer 1998). * Brown University President's Award for Teaching Excellence (Spring 1996).


See also

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American philosophy American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States. The ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' notes that while it lacks a "core of defining features, American Philosophy can neverthe ...
*
List of American philosophers American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States. The ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' notes that while it lacks a "core of defining features, American Philosophy can neverthe ...
*
Nat Gertler Nat Gertler (born April 30, 1965) is an American writer known for his comic books and his books about comics, including six on Charles Schulz's ''Peanuts''. Gertler is the publisher of About Comics and founded an annual cartoonists' challenge, 2 ...


References

* Gertler, Brie. "In Defence of Mind-Body Dualism." In ''Reason & Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy'', edited by Joel Feinberg and Russ Shafer-Landau, 285-297.
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External links


Gertler's profile at the University of Virginia

Gertler's home page at the University of Virginia
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