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Harry Binswanger (born in Manhattan, New York City in 1950) is a philosopher and writer. He received his BA in psychology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his MA and PhD. in philosophy from Columbia University, where he studied with the American positivst, Ernest Nagel. His doctoral dissertation concerned the philosophy of biology. He taught philosophy at CUNY's Hunter College from 1972 to 1979.
Binswanger was a friend of Ayn Rand, and his subsequent philosophical work has been done in the Objectivist tradition. He edited the second edition of Rand's book, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, and frequently contributes to Objectivist publications. He also compiled The Ayn Rand Lexicon, a topical reference work on Rand's views. His own book, The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts, was published in 1990. Since then, he has given several lecture courses developing Objectivist theories in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. These include "Free Will", "Abstractions from Abstractions", "The Metaphysics of Consciousness", and "Consciousness as Identification." Binswanger is recognized largely for his controversial advocacy of substance dualism.
- Note: According to an e-mail posted by Dr. Binswanger on his e-mail discussion list, almost every substantive point in the above biography is either incorrect or misstated. Dr. Binswanger has not released a correction.