Barry Loewer — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University
Director of the Rutgers Center for Philosophy and the Sciences
Known for work on mental causation, metaphysics of laws and chance
Developed the 'many-minds interpretation' of quantum theory
PhD from Stanford University (1975)
BA from Amherst College (1965)

Biography

Barry Monroe Loewer, born in 1945, is an American philosopher. He serves as a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and is the director of the Rutgers Center for Philosophy and the Sciences. His extensive philosophical work spans areas including philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, history of philosophy, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and the philosophy of science.