John Heil is an American philosopher, known primarily for his work on
metaphysics
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and the
philosophy of mind
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. Heil is Professor of Philosophy at the
Washington University in St. Louis,
Professor of Philosophy at
Durham University
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, and an Honorary Research Associate at
Monash University
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. Heil is the inaugural
editor-in-chief
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of the ''
Journal of the American Philosophical Association,'' the North American Representative of ''
The Philosophical Quarterly'',
and a 2018
Guggenheim Fellow
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.
He is the author of seven books and over 100 articles and book chapters.
Publications
Books
*''Appearance in Reality'' (2021,
Oxford
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)
*''
The Universe As We Find It'' (2012, Oxford)
*''
From an Ontological Point of View'' (2003, Oxford)
*''Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction'' (1998,
Routledge
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)
*''The Nature of True Minds'' (1992,
Cambridge
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)
*''Perception and Cognition'' (1983,
University of California Press
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)
Edited books
* (with Alexander Carruth and Sophie Gibb) ''
Ontology, Modality, and Mind: Themes from the Metaphysics of E. J. Lowe'' (2018, Oxford)
* ''Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology'' (2004, Oxford)
* (with
Alfred Mele) ''Mental Causation'' (1993, Oxford)
* ''Cause, Mind, and Reality: Essays Honoring C. B. Martin'' (1989,
Springer
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Selected articles
* Aristotelian Supervenience. ''Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society'' 115 (2014): 41–56.
* Properties and Powers. In: ''Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, Vol. 1'', ed. D. Zimmerman, Oxford University Press (2004): 223–254.
* (with C.B. Martin) The Ontological Turn. ''Midwest Studies in Philosophy'' 23 (1999): 34–60.
* (with C.B. Martin) Rules and Powers. ''Philosophical Perspectives'' 12 (1998): 283–312.
* Believing Reasonably. ''Noûs'' 26 (1992): 47–62.
* Minds Divided. ''Mind'' 98 (1989): 571–583.
* Privileged Access. ''Mind'' 97 (1988): 238–251.
* Doubts About Skepticism. ''Philosophical Studies'' 51 (1987): 1–17.
* Doxastic Incontinence. ''Mind'' 93 (1984): 56–70.
* Does Cognitive Psychology Rest on a Mistake? ''Mind'' 90 (1981): 321–342.
See also
*
American philosophy
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*
List of American philosophers
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Further reading
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References
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Living people
Vanderbilt University alumni
Washington University in St. Louis faculty
20th-century American philosophers
21st-century American philosophers
1943 births
Academics of Durham University