Lynne Rudder Baker
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Lynne Rudder Baker is an American philosopher and author, currently a "Distinguished Professor" at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
. She is a native of Atlanta. She got her Ph.D. in 1972 from Vanderbilt University
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She was a fellow of the National Humanities Center
(1983–1984) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
(1988–1989). She joined the faculty of UMass Amherst in 1989, and is the director of the graduate program there. She is the author of several books, notably Saving Belief: A Critique of Physicalism (1987), Explaining Attitudes: A Practical Approach to the Mind (1995), Persons and Bodies: A Constitution View (2000), and The Metaphysics of Everyday Life: An Essay in Practical Realism (2007). Along with several other scholars, Baker delivered the 2001 Gifford Lectures
in Natural Theology at the University of Glasgow
, published as The Nature and Limits of Human Understanding (ed. Anthony Sanford, T & T Clark, 2003). She is a member of the Amherst Grace Episcopal Church.
References:
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
. She is a native of Atlanta. She got her Ph.D. in 1972 from Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
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She was a fellow of the National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. It is the only major independent institute for advanced study in all fields of the humanities in the United States. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any...
(1983–1984) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , located in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968...
(1988–1989). She joined the faculty of UMass Amherst in 1989, and is the director of the graduate program there. She is the author of several books, notably Saving Belief: A Critique of Physicalism (1987), Explaining Attitudes: A Practical Approach to the Mind (1995), Persons and Bodies: A Constitution View (2000), and The Metaphysics of Everyday Life: An Essay in Practical Realism (2007). Along with several other scholars, Baker delivered the 2001 Gifford Lectures
Gifford Lectures
The Gifford Lectures were established by the will of Adam Lord Gifford . They were established to "promote and diffuse the study of Natural Theology in the widest sense of the term — in other words, the knowledge of God." The term natural theology as used by Gifford means theology supported...
in Natural Theology at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, published as The Nature and Limits of Human Understanding (ed. Anthony Sanford, T & T Clark, 2003). She is a member of the Amherst Grace Episcopal Church.
References:
- Biography and summary of Gifford Lectures, by Brannon Hancock
- Lynne Rudder Baker, UMass Faculty Directory