John Hawthorne

John Hawthorne
FBA
Born
John Patrick Hawthorne

(1964-05-25) 25 May 1964 (age 62)
Birmingham, England
Other nameJohn O'Leary-Hawthorne
Academic background
Education
ThesisPublic Meaning and Mental Content (1990)
Jonathan Bennett
Influences
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-discipline
School or tradition
Analytic philosophy
Institutions
Doctoral students
Amia Srinivasan
Notable ideas
Subject-sensitive invariantism

John Patrick Hawthorne FBA (born 25 May 1964) is an English philosopher, currently serving as Provost Professor of Philosophy and Linda MacDonald Hilf Chair in Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He is recognized as a leading contemporary contributor to metaphysics and epistemology.

Early life and career

Hawthorne was born on 25 May 1964 in Birmingham, England. He earned BA from the University of Manchester and his PhD from Syracuse University, where he studied with William Alston and Jonathan Bennett. From 2006 to 2015, he was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has also taught at the University of New South Wales, Arizona State University, Syracuse University, Rutgers University, Princeton University, and was a member of the Dianoia Institute at Australian Catholic University.

Philosophical work

Hawthorne's 2006 collection Metaphysical Essays offers original treatments of fundamental topics in philosophy, including identity, ontology, vagueness, and causation. It has been called "essential reading for anyone currently engaged in analytic metaphysics."

In his book Knowledge and Lotteries, Hawthorne defends a view in epistemology according to which the presence of knowledge is dependent on the subject's interests; he calls this view "subject-sensitive invariantism".

Hawthorne has also written on philosophy of language and philosophical logic, philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, and on Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Books

As author

As editor

References

  1. 1 2 Hawthorne, John Patrick (1990). Public Meaning and Mental Content (PhD dissertation). Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University. OCLC 78441217.
  2. 1 2 "Doctoral Dissertations, 1990–91". The Review of Metaphysics. 45 (1): 198. 1991. ISSN 2154-1302. JSTOR 20129169.
  3. ↑ "John Hawthorne". USC Dornsife. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Loux, Michael J.; Zimmerman, Dean W., eds. (28 August 2003). The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics. Oxford Handbooks. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-825024-1.
  5. ↑ Hawthorne, John (2018). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Los Angeles: University of Southern California. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "John Hawthorne". Closer To Truth. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  7. ↑ Harcourt, Edward (2014). "Welcome from the Chair of the Faculty Board" (PDF). Oxford Philosophy. No. 6. p. 5.
  8. ↑ Messing, Stacey. "A History of the Philosophy Department at Rutgers University". Rutgers University :: Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Weinberg, Justin (30 August 2019). "Australia's New Institute of Philosophy Makes Several Hires". Daily Nous. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  10. ↑ Lowe, E.J. (15 January 2007). "Metaphysical Essays". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  11. ↑ McGrath, Matthew (6 August 2004). "Knowledge and Lotteries". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Retrieved 9 December 2012.