Eric T. Olson (philosopher)

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Eric Todd Olson is an American philosopher who specializes in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. Olson is best known for his research in the field of personal identity, and for advocating animalism, the theory that human beings are animals.^[1] Olson received a BA from Reed College^[2] and a PhD from Syracuse University. Olson is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield, a position he has held since 2003, and previously held a lectureship at Cambridge University.

Bibliography[]

• The Human Animal: Personal Identity Without Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
• What Are We? A Study in Personal Ontology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

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