Gilbert Harman

Gilbert Harman
Harman as a student in 1960
BornMay 26, 1938
DiedNovember 13, 2021 (aged 83)
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Doctoral advisorWillard Van Orman Quine
Doctoral studentsStephen Stich, Joshua Knobe, Daniel Rothschild
Main interests
Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ethics, epistemology
Notable ideas
Perceptual experience has intentional content
Three levels of meaning[1]
Situationist critique of virtue ethics[2]
Brain in a vat thought experiment

Gilbert Harman (May 26, 1938[3] – November 13, 2021[4]) was an American philosopher, who taught at Princeton University from 1963[5] until his retirement in 2017.[6] He published widely in philosophy of language, cognitive science, philosophy of mind, ethics, moral psychology, epistemology, statistical learning theory, and metaphysics. He and George Miller co-directed the Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory. Harman taught or co-taught courses in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy, and Linguistics.

  1. ^ Gilbert Harman, "Three levels of meaning"
  2. ^ Upton, Candace L. (2009). "Virtue Ethics and Moral Psychology: The Situationism Debate". The Journal of Ethics. 13 (2–3): 103–115. doi:10.1007/s10892-009-9054-2.
  3. ^ Harman, Elizabeth (2005), "Harman, Gilbert Helms (1938–)", in The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, Continuum, ISBN 9780199754663 [republished in The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers in America: From 1600 to the Present (2016)].
  4. ^ "Gilbert Harman, 'a towering figure in American philosophy' and one of the longest-serving faculty members in the University's history, dies at 83". Princeton University. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  5. ^ Altmann, Jennifer Greenstein (26 Oct 2006). "Like father, like daughter: Family ties bind philosophers". Princeton University. Retrieved 31 Dec 2011.
  6. ^ "Gilbert Harman | Department of Philosophy". philosophy.princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2019-09-29.