Peter Carruthers (philosopher)

Peter Carruthers (/kəˈrʌðərz/; born 16 June 1952) is a British-American philosopher and cognitive scientist working primarily in the area of philosophy of mind, though he has also made contributions to philosophy of language and ethics. He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, an associate member of Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, and a member of the Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences.

For the figure skater, see Peter Carruthers (figure skater).

Peter Carruthers
Born16 June 1952 (1952-06-16) (age 71)
EducationUniversity of Leeds
(BA, 1975; MPhil, 1977)
Balliol College, Oxford
(DPhil, 1980)
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Main interests
Philosophy of mind
Consciousness
self-knowledge
cognitive science
Notable ideas
Dispositional higher-order thought (DHOT) theory of consciousness (also known as dual-content theory)
The importance of action-rehearsal (including inner speech) for conscious forms of cognition
Massively modular architecture of the human mind
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