Mark Johnson | |
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Born |
24 May 1949 (age 67) Kansas City, Missouri |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Professor |
Website | pages |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Thesis year | 1977 |
Doctoral advisor | Paul Ricoeur and Ted Cohen |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Philosophy |
Institutions | University of Oregon Southern Illinois University |
Main interests | http://pages.uoregon.edu/markj/index.html |
Notable works | Morality for Humans - Ethical understanding from the perspective of cognitive science |
Mark L. Johnson (born 24 May 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri) is Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oregon. He is known for contributions to embodied philosophy, cognitive science and cognitive linguistics, some of which he has coauthored with George Lakoff such as Metaphors We Live By. However, he has also published on philosophical topics such as John Dewey, Immanuel Kant and ethics.