Dr. Gary Hatfield

Biography

Gary Hatfield received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. He has taught at Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University before joining the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. His research focuses on the history of modern philosophy, the philosophy of psychology, theories of vision, and the philosophy of science. In 1990, he published 'The Natural Normative: Theories of Spatial Perception from Kant to Helmholtz,' and his book 'Descartes Meditations' was released in 2003, with a second edition following in 2014. His 2009 publication 'Perception and Cognition: Essays in Philosophy and Psychology' was published by Clarendon Press. In 2012, he co-edited a volume, arising from an IRCS workshop, titled 'Visual Experience,' published by Oxford. Additionally, he contributed a revised translation of Kant's 'Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics' in 2004. Hatfield has been a member of initiatives at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and the Center for Neuroaesthetics and has directed dissertations in the fields of the history of philosophy, psychology, and the philosophy of science. He has a long-standing interest in visual perception and the mind–body problem.

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