Tamar Gendler | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Coining alief |
Spouse | Zoltan Szabo |
Academic background | |
Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Website | http://tamar-gendler.yale.edu |
Tamar Szabó Gendler (born December 20, 1965) is an American academic and philosopher. She has been the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale University,[1][2] where she is also the Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences. Her academic research focuses on issues in philosophical psychology, epistemology, metaphysics, and areas related to philosophical methodology.
Gendler is best known for her work on thought experiments,[3] imagination—particularly on the phenomenon of imaginative resistance[4]—and for coining the term alief.[5]