Louise Antony

Philosophy, UMass Amherst

Louise Antony is a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she has taught since 2006. Antony has also taught at Ohio State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Bates College, Boston University, and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a philosopher of mind who defends a form of non-reductive physicalism, arguing for a middle ground between eliminative materialists who deny the existence of mind and the dualists, panpsychists, or neutral monists who look for something other than a purely physical explanation of the mind. Antony’s publications include Philosophers Without Gods (2007) and Chomsky and His Critics (2003). Professor Antony has lectured at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. She has been a guest on the radio show Philosophy Talk, and has contributed to The New York Times philosophy blog, “The Stone.” Professor Antony has served as President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology and as President of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. She also directed the Mentoring Program for Early-Career Women in Philosophy, stepping down after 10 years. She received a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1981.

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Is Human Nature Inherently Good or Bad?
Louise Antony & Andrew T. Walker
May 17, 2020