Torin Alter
Professor
Undergraduate Advisor
Undergraduate Advisor
- (205) 348-1908
- talter@ua.edu
- ten Hoor Hall 327
Education
- PhD, UCLA, 1995
- MA, UCLA, 1987
- BA, Hampshire College, 1985
About
Dr. Alter specializes in philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, especially consciousness and the mind-body problem.
Spring 2021 Office Hours:
Mondays and Fridays: 10:50am-11:40am & by appointment via Zoom
https://uasystem.zoom.us/j/98805169107
Selected Publications
- “The structure and dynamics argument.” Nous 50, 2016:794-815.
- Consciousness in the Physical World: Perspectives on Russellian Monism (co-edited with Yujin Nagasawa). New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
- “Social Externalism and the Knowledge Argument.” Mind 122 (2013): 481-96.
- The God Dialogues: A Philosophical Journey (with Robert J. Howell). New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
- A Dialogue on Consciousness (with Robert J. Howell). New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
- “On the Conditional Analysis of Phenomenal Concepts.” Philosophical Studies 134 (2007): 235-53.