简介

Dr. Yalowitz received his B.A.in Philosophy and in Intellectual History at Oberlin College, and his M.Phil and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Columbia University. His research interests are primarily in Philosophy of Mind, in particular on issues concerning the nature and status of psychological explanation in relation to the harder natural sciences. Dr.Yalowitz has been focusing on the topics of free action, free will, responsibility, rationality and irrationality, and has long standing interests in self-understanding, first-person authority, rule-following skepticism and mental causation. His advanced courses rotate through and explore theses various interests. He has published on these topics in Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and other places.