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Joseph Levine (philosopher)

American philosopher

74 years oldCapricornUnited States

Biography

Joseph Levine (born January 17, 1952) is an American philosopher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who received his PhD from Harvard University in 1981. He works on philosophy of mind and is best known for formulating the explanatory gap argument against materialist explanations for consciousness. This has been cited as a precursor to David Chalmers's formulation of the hard problem of consciousness. Levine is also the author of several popular and academic philosophy books and articles.

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Career highlights

Employers / organisations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Family

Spouse(s)
Louise Antony
Children
Rachel Lark

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