Name Tim Crane Role Philosopher | Siblings Laurence Crane | |
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Born 17 October 1962 (age 62) ( 1962-10-17 ) Institutions University College LondonUniversity of Cambridge Alma mater Durham UniversityUniversity of YorkUniversity of Cambridge Thesis The content and causation of thought (1989) Books The mechanical mind, The Objects of Thought, Elements of Mind, The Contents of Experience, Aspects of Psychologism Similar People DH Mellor, David Malet Armstrong, Laurence Crane, David Wiggins | ||
Tim crane the mental states of persons and their brains 21 02 2014
Timothy Martin "Tim" Crane (born 17 October 1962) is a philosopher who works mostly on the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. His contributions to philosophy include a defence of a non-physicalist account of the mind; a defence of the thesis that experience has non-conceptual content; and a defence of the thesis that intentionality is the mark of the mental.
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Biography
Crane obtained his BA from Durham University, his MA from the University of York and his PhD in 1989 from the University of Cambridge, where he studied with Jeremy Butterfield and Hugh Mellor. From 1990 to 2009, he taught at University College London, 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 between 2005 and 2008. He was appointed as the Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge in September 2009. He is also the philosophy editor of the Times Literary Supplement.
In August 2017, he joined the Department of Philosophy at Central European University, assuming a full professorship.
He is the brother of composer Laurence Crane.
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