Dr. Christopher Hill

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Biography

Christopher S. Hill received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1973. He has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Michigan, the University of Arkansas, and MIT. His main fields of specialization are philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, and he has written numerous articles and five books on these topics. Hill is a fellow of the National Humanities Center and has held various fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He served as the editor of the journal *Philosophical Topics* from 1982 to 2002. His current research interests focus on concepts, consciousness, and perception, along with metaphysics and epistemology.

Research Interests

Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Mind Metaphysics Epistemology Consciousness Perception

Courses

PHIL 0990F - Perception PHIL 0991M - Mental Representation PHIL 0994 - Recent Developments in Philosophy of Language PHIL 1520 - Consciousness PHIL 1750 - Epistemology PHIL 1825 - Consciousness PHIL 2020Q - Perception PHIL 2060I - Introspection PHIL 2060J - Mental Representation PHIL 2805 - Recent Debates in Mental Representation

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics