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Patricia Churchland

(1943) Philosopher United States

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Patricia Churchland is a philosopher from the United States, best known for Braintrust.

Quick Facts About Patricia Churchland

Born
July 16, 1943
Nationality
United States
Profession
Philosopher
Notable works
Braintrust
Spouse
Paul Churchland

About Patricia Churchland

Patricia Smith Churchland is a Canadian-American analytic philosopher noted for her contributions to neurophilosophy and the philosophy of mind. She is UC President's Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she has taught since 1984. She has also held an adjunct professorship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies since 1989. She is a member of the Board of Trustees Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies of Philosophy Department, Moscow State University. In 2015, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Educated at the University of British Columbia, the University of Pittsburgh, and Somerville College, Oxford, she taught philosophy at the University of Manitoba from 1969 to 1984 and is married to the philosopher Paul Churchland. Larissa MacFarquhar, writing for The New Yorker, observed of the philosophical couple that: "Their work is so similar that they are sometimes discussed, in journals and books, as one person."

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

MacArthur Fellows Program Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta

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