Jerome J. Valberg (born 1936) is a retired American-British

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

, and former Senior Lecturer of Philosophy at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

. In 1966, Valberg received his doctorate from the

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with his dissertation, "Agency: Some Metaphysical Questions Concerning Human Action". He briefly taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago before arriving at University College London, where he devoted the majority of his academic career. Primarily working in the fields of

epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Episte ...

and

metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...

, Valberg's writings are also concerned with

consciousness Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience and awareness of internal and external existence. However, the lack of definitions has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debates by philosophers, theologians, linguisticians, and scien ...

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, and the problems of

perception Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous system ...

. Valberg's notable ideas include the

personal horizon In his book ''Dream, Death and the Self'', J. J. Valberg develops the concept of the personal horizon. He attempts to bring out his subject-matter by considering the dream hypothesis – what if ''this'' were a dream? In Valberg's view, an undeter ...

concept. He is the author of ''Dream, Death, and the Self'' and ''The Puzzle of Experience''. He currently lives in London, UK.

References

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