Terence Horgan
Terry Horgan | |
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| Born | Terence Edward Horgan 13 October 1948 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1974 |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BA, 1970) University of Michigan (PhD, 1974) |
| Thesis | Microreduction and the Mind-Body Problem (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jaegwon Kim |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School or tradition | Analytic |
| Institutions | University of Arizona University of Memphis University of Michigan |
| Main interests | Philosophy of mind Metaethics Metaphysics Epistemology Theory of truth |
| Notable ideas | Phenomenal intentionality (PIT) Austere realism / blobjectivism (with Matjaž Potrč) Moral Twin Earth (with Mark Timmons) Transglobal reliabilism (with David K. Henderson) Truth as mediated/indirect correspondence |
Terence Edward "Terry" Horgan (born October 13, 1948) is an American philosopher and a professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson. His areas of expertise include philosophy of mind and metaethics.
Horgan obtained his bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1970 from Stanford University. In 1974, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan under the supervision of Jaegwon Kim, with his dissertation titled "Microreduction and the Mind-Body Problem." After holding professorships in Illinois, Michigan, and Memphis, Horgan has been a professor in Tucson, Arizona since 2002.