Patricia W Kitcher was born on 1948 and is the Roberta and William Campbell Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, widely known for her work on Immanuel Kant and on philosophy of psychology.
11 Facts About Patricia Kitcher
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Patricia Kitcher has held many positions at different universities, is a founding chair of a committee at the University of California, and has a lead role in multiple professional organizations.
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Patricia Kitcher is the author of multiple papers and two books.
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Patricia Kitcher has held faculty positions at the University of Vermont, the University of Minnesota, and University of California, San Diego, and a visiting position at University of Michigan.
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Patricia Kitcher has served as department chair in three different universities and was the founding chair of the University of California committee on the status of women.
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Patricia Kitcher was president of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, president of the North American Kant Society, and serves on the editorial board of Journal of Philosophy.
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Patricia Kitcher argued for the viability of intentional psychology and the autonomy of functionalist psychology from neurophysiology.
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Patricia Kitcher has written numerous articles on the forms of intuition, Kant's epistemology, self-consciousness, and on how transcendental arguments work.
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In Freud's Dream Patricia Kitcher argued that Freud was the first cognitive scientist: Psychoanalysis should be thought of as an exercise in interdisciplinary theory construction, and as such, it illuminates the pitfalls to which such interdisciplinary approaches are subject.
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Around the turn of the new century, Patricia Kitcher's interests turned toward Kantian ethics.
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Patricia Kitcher has recently been recognized for her work in education and in her academic field.