Matthew Boyle

Matthew Boyle
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University (B.A.)
Oxford University (B.Phil)
University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
ThesisKant and the Significance of Self-Consciousness (2005)
Doctoral advisorJohn McDowell
Other advisorsRobert Brandom, Stephen Engstrom, Michael Thompson, James Conant
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
InstitutionsThe University of Chicago
Main interestsPhilosophy of mind

Matthew Brendan Boyle is an American philosopher and Emerson and Grace Wineland Pugh Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago. He is known for his works on the philosophy of mind and moral psychology, the history of philosophy, the nature of rationalism, and questions about the role of rationality in perception, motivation, and action.[1][2]

Publications

Monographs

  • Boyle, Matthew (March 4, 2024). Transparency and Reflection: A Study of Self-Knowledge and the Nature of Mind (1 ed.). Oxford University PressNew York. doi:10.1093/oso/9780199926299.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-992629-9.
  • Boyle, Matthew, and Evgenie Mylonaki, eds. Reason in Nature: New Essays on Themes from John McDowell. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022. doi:10.4159/9780674287679. ISBN 978-0-67-428767-9.

Articles

References

  1. ^ "Matthew Boyle | Department of Philosophy". philosophy.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  2. ^ "Matthew Boyle". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  • "Matthew Boyle". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.