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Tamar Gendler

Tamar Gendler
Gendler in 2018
Born (1965-12-20) December 20, 1965 (age 59)
NationalityAmerican
Known forCoining alief
SpouseZoltan Szabo
Academic background
EducationYale University (BA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Websitehttp://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]

  1. ^ Lloyd-Thomas, Matthew (May 21, 2015). "Salovey names new deans". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  2. ^ "Faculty of Arts and Sciences". Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  3. ^ "Thought Experiments (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". Plato.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  4. ^ "Tamar Szabó Gendler, The puzzle of imaginative resistance". PhilPapers. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  5. ^ "Introspection (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". Plato.stanford.edu. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2010-05-27.

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Tamar Gendler Spanish Tamar Gendler French తామర్ గెండ్లర్ Tegulu

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