Keith Frankish
British philosopher of mind; defends illusionism about consciousness.
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- Keith Frankish is a British philosopher of mind and cognitive science, known for illusionism: the view that phenomenal consciousness is an introspective illusion.
- He is an honorary reader at the University of Sheffield, a visiting research fellow with The Open University and an adjunct professor at the University of Crete.
- In 2021 he and Philip Goff started the YouTube channel Mind Chat.
Key facts
- Born
- 7 November 1962, near Doncaster1
- Education
- Undergraduate, The Open University; postgraduate and PhD, University of Sheffield1
- Books
- Mind and Supermind (2004); Consciousness (2005); Illusionism as a Theory of Consciousness (2017); Consciousness: The Basics (2021)1
- Career
- Lecturer, The Open University (1999); University of Crete, from 2008; honorary reader, Sheffield (2017)1
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