b. 1948
Terry Horgan is a contemporary American analytic philosopher known for his contributions to philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and metaethics. He has developed influential accounts of supervenience, intentionality, and moral realism, and co-authored significant work on connectionism and cognitive science. His metaethical work with Mark Timmons explores nondescriptivist cognitivism and the nature of moral properties.
Developed nondescriptivist cognitivism in metaethics (with Mark Timmons)
Authored 'Austere Realism' (with Matjaž Potrč), defending a sparse ontology of blobjects
Co-authored 'Connectionism and the Philosophy of Psychology' (with John Tienson)
Contributed to the theory of supervenience as a framework for physicalism
Developed transvaluationism about vagueness and defended indirect correspondence truth theories