Margaret Atherton
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Brandeis University (PhD)
Margaret Atherton | |
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| Born | 1943 (age 81–82) |
| Education | Bryn Mawr College (AB) Brandeis University (PhD) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | New York University, Brooklyn College, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Rochester, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
Main interests | early modern period, philosophy of psychology (cognition and mind), women in philosophy, history of modern philosophy |
Margaret Atherton (born 1943) is an American philosopher and feminist historian who is currently a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and was a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy there before her retirement.[1] Atherton's research has focused on philosophers of the early modern period, philosophy of psychology (cognition and mind), and the work of women philosophers, as well as teaching the history of modern philosophy.[1]
Atherton attained her A.B. in Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College in 1965.[2][3] In 1970, she received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brandeis University; her dissertation "Nativism" initiated her philosophical work on innate ideas.[4]
