Michael Tye

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Biography

Professor Tye, one of the world's leading philosophers of mind, is the author of The Metaphysics of Mind (Cambridge, 1989), The Imagery Debate (MIT Press, 1991), Ten Problems of Consciousness: A Representational Theory of the Phenomenal Mind (MIT Press, 1995), Color, Consciousness, and Content (MIT Press, 2000), and Consciousness and Persons: Unity and Identity (Bradford, MIT, 2003), as well as dozens of articles in top philosophical journals. His recent papers include "Is Content-Externalism Compatible With Privileged Access?" (with Brian McLaughlin) (Philosophical Review, 1998), "Phenomenal Consciousness: The Explanatory Gap as a Cognitive Illusion" (Mind, 1999), "Vagueness and Reality" (Philosophical Topics, 2001), and "Of Colors, Kestrels, Caterpillars, and Leaves" (Journal of Philosophy, 2001, with Peter Bradley). Professor Tye has given talks at major symposia all over the world. In Spring 1997, he was invited to the University of Bielefeld in Germany for a week-long seminar on Ten Problems of Consciousness, which has also been the topic of a symposium in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Professor Tye has taught at Haverford College and Temple University, and is Visiting Professor of Philosophy at King's College, London.