b. 1944
George Bealer is an American analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, particularly known for his defense of intuition as evidence and his work on modal epistemology. He has developed influential accounts of properties, propositions, and concepts, arguing for a form of property-theoretic realism against nominalist and physicalist alternatives.
Authored Quality and Concept (1982), a major work defending property-theoretic realism
Developed influential arguments for the autonomy and authority of philosophical intuition as evidence
Contributed to modal epistemology and the defense of a priori knowledge against Quinean naturalism
Advanced critiques of physicalism and reductive accounts of mind and meaning
Held professorships at Yale University and the University of Colorado Boulder