Neil MEHTA
Associate Professor, Courtesy Joint Appointment
Humanities (Philosophy), Yale-NUS College
Teaching Areas
Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology
| Brief Introduction | Dr Mehta is a philosopher of mind and epistemologist. He received his MA and PhD from the University of Michigan in 2008 and 2012 respectively, and an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College in 2005.
As a philosopher, Dr Mehta thinks that consciousness is made up almost entirely of external properties; that perceptual experience has a normative role grounded in its proper function; and that knowledge sets the standard of epistemic success, but not of epistemic permissibility. During his spare time, Dr Mehta reads graphic novels, drinks single-malt whisky, and wonders what it is like to be his dog. |