Peter Hacker
Peter Hacker | |
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Peter Hacker in 2013 | |
| Born | Peter Michael Stephan Hacker 15 July 1939 (age 85) London, England |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | The Queen's College, Oxford St Antony's College, Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | H. L. A. Hart |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | St John's College, Oxford |
| Main interests | Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, neurophilosophy, Wittgenstein, philosophical anthropology |
| Notable ideas | The mereological fallacy in neuroscience and the philosophy of mind |
Peter Michael Stephan Hacker (born 15 July 1939) is a British philosopher. His principal expertise is in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophical anthropology. He is known for his detailed exegesis and interpretation of the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, his critique of cognitive neuroscience, and for his comprehensive studies of human nature.