Amy Kind

Russell K Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College, California, US

Amy Kind is Russell K Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. She is the author of three books: Imagination and Creative Thinking (2022), Philosophy of Mind: The Basics (2020), and Persons and Personal Identity (2015). With Daniel Stoljar, she has co-authored What Is Consciousness?: A Debate (2023) and, with Torin Alter and Robert Howell, she has co-authored Philosophy of Mind: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (2024). She serves as the editor of the scholarly blog on imagination, The Junkyard.

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How to think about consciousness

What is it like to be you? Dive into the philosophical puzzle of consciousness and see yourself and the world in new ways

by Amy Kind