E. J. Lowe (philosopher)

E. J. Lowe
Born
Edward Jonathan Lowe

24 March 1950
Dover, England
Died5 January 2014 (aged 63)
Children2
Education
EducationFitzwilliam College, Cambridge (BA, 1971)
St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BPhil, 1974; DPhil, 1975)
Theses
  • Induction and Non-Demonstrative Inference (1974)
  • Induction and Causal Inference (1975)
Doctoral advisorSimon Blackburn
Other advisorsRom Harré (BPhil thesis advisor)
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Neo-Aristotelianism
InstitutionsDurham University
Main interestsMetaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophical logic
Notable ideasDualistic interactionism, non-Cartesian substance dualism, four-category ontology

Edward Jonathan Lowe (/l/; 24 March 1950 – 5 January 2014), usually cited as E. J. Lowe but known personally as Jonathan Lowe, was a British philosopher and academic. He was Professor of Philosophy at Durham University. He defended non-Cartesian dualism.