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Jonathan Westphal (born 1951) is an academic philosopher working on the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, science, logic, and philosophy of language and aesthetics. More recently, he has become interested in issues in the philosophy of time and the understanding of human freedom. In the history of philosophy, he has worked mainly on Wittgenstein and Leibniz. He lives in Hamden, Connecticut, and works as a private tutor in philosophy.

Westphal received his BA from Harvard College in 1973, an MA from the University of Sussex in 1975, and a Ph.D. from the University of London in 1981, where he studied with David Wiggins. He has taught at the University of Hawaii, the University of London, Idaho State University, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and other colleges and universities in the UK and the US. He has been an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, at the University of Munich; he is a Fellow of Berkeley College (Yale University) and a Permanent Member of the Senior Common Room at the University College, Oxford.

Jonathan Westphal is the youngest son of Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal. Jonathan's great-grandfather and his great-grandmother, Gotthilf Ernst Westphal and his wife Wilhelmine, were teachers and mentors to the teenage Sol Plaatje, a student at their Mission Station in Pniel. Plaatje was a founder and the first General Secretary of the ANC. Jonathan Westphal is married to Stephanie Rosett, and they have four children.

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The Mind–Body Problem

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