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...Philosophy of mind was a huge area in the 1980s,” Godfrey-Smith said. “Around that time, people began to think that evolutionary theory might help with philosophy of mind problems...
...Godfrey-Smith will join a number of new faces in the fields of philosophy of mind and philosophy of science, including Professors of Philosophy Susanna C. Siegel and Edward J. Hall, both recently granted tenured positions. Godfrey-Smith and Siegel will be active participants in the Mind, Brain, and Behavior track, Goldfarb said...
Philosophy captured Godfrey-Smith’s attention while he was an undergraduate at Sydney University. A book by Fred I. Dretske, “Knowledge and the Flow of Information,” sparked his interest in philosophy of mind in particular...
After earning his PhD from the University of California at San Diego, Godfrey-Smith taught for 12 years at Stanford University. He was a visiting professor at Harvard in 2000, and for the last two years, he worked part-time for both the Australian National University and Harvard...
...Godfrey-Smith had several tips for aspiring philosophers...