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Christopher S. Hill is the William Herbert Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. He has held academic positions at institutions including the University of Pittsburgh, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Arkansas. His research focuses on philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and consciousness studies, with notable contributions to semantic deflationism, representational theories of consciousness, and perceptual existentialism.
Education: Ph.D. from Harvard University (1973), M.A. and B.A. from Michigan State University (1966 and 1964 respectively). He has been a National Humanities Center Fellow and recipient of NEH fellowships. His major publications include Sensations (1991), Consciousness (2009), and Perceptual Experience (2022).
Research Interests: Consciousness taxonomy, perceptual representation, semantic theory, truth conditions, and epistemological issues in perception. Hill critiques property dualism through representationalist frameworks and explores the appearance/reality distinction in sensory experience.
- Key Contributions: Deflationary semantic theory, six-fold consciousness classification, perceptual existentialism.
- Editorial Roles: Former editor of Philosophical Topics (1982–2002), co-editor of New Perspectives on Type Identity (2012) and Sensory Integration and the Unity of Consciousness (2014).
- Teaching: Courses include philosophy of language, epistemology, consciousness studies, and perception.
His recent work addresses perceptual particularity, unrevisability in semantics, and critiques of anti-individualist approaches to mental content.
