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- Joseph Levine draws together a series of essays in which he has developed his distinctive approach to philosophy of mind. He defends a materialist view of the mind against various challenges, and offers illuminating studies of consciousness, phenomenal concepts, mental representation, demonstrative thought, and cognitive phenomenology.
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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 a materialist explanation for consciousness. [1]
I am currently Professor of Philosophy at UMass Amherst. I work primarily in philosophy of mind and the metaphysics of mind, specializing on the problem of consciousness. I have also been active in various political movements, especially the Palestine Solidarity movement.
Professor Levine works primarily in philosophy of mind and psychology, but also works on topics in metaphysics and social/political philosophy. In philosophy of mind his main focus is the problem of consciousness, how to understand the subjective experience of the world in relation to the objective characterization provided by scientific ...
Joseph Levine argues that there is an “explanatory gap” between the brain and the conscious mind. Papineau agrees that there is such a gap, but points out that similar gaps are found with all identity claims involving directly referring terms, and so the gap does nothing to discredit materialism.
Joseph Levine is a philosopher known for his work on the nature of consciousness and the philosophical implications of qualia, which are the subjective experiences associated with perception.
Joseph Levine is professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received his PhD from Harvard in 1981 and has taught at N.C. State University and the Ohio State University. He works in philosophy of mind, with a focus on the problem of consciousness.
Phenomenal Experience: A Cartesian Theater Revival, Philosophical Issues, 20, Philosophy of MInd, 2010. From Yeshiva Bochur To Secular Humanist , in Louise Antony, ed., Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life , Oxford University Press, 2010
