Charles Taliaferro (born August 25th, 1952) is an American philosopher specializing in theology and philosophy of religion.
Charles Taliaferro
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| Born | August 25th, 1952 |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion, aesthetics, religion, philosophy of mind, ideal observer theory |
Taliaferro received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Brown University, his M.T.S. at Harvard University, a M.A. at University of Rhode Island, and a B.A. from Goddard College.
He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Faithful Research, and a member of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of twenty books, most recently The Image in Mind; Theism, Naturalism and the Imagination, co-authored with the American artist Jil Evans. He has been a visiting scholar or guest lecturer at a large number of universities, including Brown, Cambridge, Notre Dame, Oxford, Princeton, and the University of Chicago.[1][2][3] Since 2013 Taliaferro is editor-in-chief of the journal Open Theology.
Taliaferro has defended substance dualism.[4][5][6]