Karen Neander (March 24, 1954 – May 6, 2020) was a philosophy and professor at Duke University. She was known for her work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of action, philosophy of biology, philosophy of neuroscience and cognitive science.[
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Biography
Karen Neander obtained her PhD at La Trobe University in 1984 with a dissertation on the concept of
mental illness.
During her career, she worked at the University of Sydney, the University of Adelaide, the Australian National University (1988–1995), and Johns Hopkins University (1996–2006).
[
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Duke University, where she remained until her death, from
cancer in 2020.
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Publications, a selection