Matthew Boyle
American historian
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Matthew Brendan Boyle is an American philosopher and Emerson and Grace Wineland Pugh Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago. He is known for his works on the philosophy of mind and moral psychology, the history of philosophy, the nature of rationalism, and questions about the role of rationality in perception, motivation, and action.[1][2]
Alma materHarvard University (B.A.)
Oxford University (B.Phil)
University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
Oxford University (B.Phil)
University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
Other advisorsRobert Brandom, Stephen Engstrom, Michael Thompson, James Conant
Matthew Boyle | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (B.A.) Oxford University (B.Phil) University of Pittsburgh (PhD) |
| Thesis | Kant and the Significance of Self-Consciousness (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | John McDowell |
| Other advisors | Robert Brandom, Stephen Engstrom, Michael Thompson, James Conant |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Institutions | The University of Chicago |
| Main interests | Philosophy of mind |
Publications
Monographs
- Boyle, Matthew (March 4, 2024). Transparency and Reflection: A Study of Self-Knowledge and the Nature of Mind (1 ed.). Oxford University PressNew York. doi:10.1093/oso/9780199926299.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-992629-9.
- Boyle, Matthew, and Evgenie Mylonaki, eds. Reason in Nature: New Essays on Themes from John McDowell. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022. doi:10.4159/9780674287679. ISBN 978-0-67-428767-9.
Articles
- Boyle, Matthew (2025). "Replies to Corti, Haddock, Kitcher, Kraus, Musholt, and Roessler". Philosophisches Jahrbuch 132(1):112-137. doi:10.5771/0031-8183-2025-1-112. ISSN 2942-3325.
- Boyle, Matthew (2025). "Overview of Transparency and Reflection." Philosophisches Jahrbuch 132, no. 1: 63-79. doi:105771/0031-8183-2025-1-63.
- Boyle, Matthew (2020). "Kant's Hylomorphism and the Thing in Itself." Journal of the History of Philosophy 58, no. 1: 1-28.
- Boyle Matthew (2020). "Reflection as a Philosophical Method." Proceedings of Aristotelian Society 120, no. 3: 277-304.
- Boyle, Matthew (2018). "Kant on Categories and the Activity of Reflection." The Philosophical Review 127, no.2: 181-220. doi:10.1215/00318108-4319441.
- Boyle, Matthew (2016). "Additive Theories of Rationality: A Critique". European Journal of Philosophy. 24 (3): 527–555. doi:10.1111/ejop.12135. ISSN 1468-0378.
