Tim Crane#
Main research areas
- Philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, metaphysics
Other areas of interest
- Philosophy of language, epistemology, Leibniz, Descartes, religion
Education
- 1981 - 1984 University of Durham (BA 1984)
- 1984 - 1985 University of York (MA 1985)
- 1985 - 1989 University of Cambridge (PhD 1989)
Full CV
Short biography#
Tim Crane is one of the two or three most distinguished and influential philosophers of mind and psychology in Europe. His work is widely cited and discussed. It is also translated into many languages, European (German, Italian, Swedish) and non-European (Japanese). Two of his most important contributions in this area have been his account of non-conceptual, perceptual content - his first paper on this topic is already a "classic" - and his re-introduction and development of Brentano's original theory of intentionality. But his ideas in many areas of the philosophy of mind, psychology and cognitive science are well-knowl thanks to the success of The Mechanical Mind (1995; revised edition 2003) and Elements of Mind (2001). His forceful discussions of a variety of popular views - in academic journal and in, for example, the Times Literary Supplement - are well-known, indeed notoroious.
He is also a well-known metaphysician - a co-author of a series of famous objections to physicalism and of a remarkable Oxford Guide to and anthology of metaphysics.
Crane is a European philosopher. His work on Brentano has played a major role in introducing to Anglophone analytic philosophy the philosophy of the funder of European phenomenology. He has been very active in the Central European University, Budapest. In 2005 he was appointed the first director of the new Institute of Philosophy in London. The Institue was the first of its kind in Europe.
