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Paul Churchland (born 1942 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada ) is a Philosopher working at the University Of California, San Diego . He earned his Ph.D. from the University Of Pittsburgh , under the direction of Wilfrid Sellars . He is the husband of philosopher Patricia Churchland and particularly noted for his work in Philosophy Of Mind and Neurophilosophy .

He is a major proponent of , Caloric , the Luminiferous Ether , and Vital Forces .)

He attended and was a speaker at the symposium on November 2006.


PUBLISHED BOOKS

  • ''Neurophilosophy at Work'', Cambridge University Press, 2007

  • ''On the Contrary'', MIT Press, 1998 (with Patricia Smith Churchland)

  • ''The Engine of Reason, The Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey into the Brain'', MIT Press, 1995.

  • ''A Neurocomputational Perspective: The Nature of Mind and the Structure of Science'', MIT Press, 1989.

  • ''Images of Science: Scientific Realism versus Constructive Empiricism'', University of Chicago Press, 1985.

  • ''Matter and Consciousness'', MIT Press, 1984.

  • ''Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind'', Cambridge University Press, 1979.



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