Kathleen Lennon, a former Ferens Professor of Philosophy, is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the

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Career

After studying for her

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at the

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, Lennon obtained her

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and

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from the

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. In 1979, she was employed as a lecturer by the University of Hull. Lennon was a founder of the university's Centre for Gender Studies in 1986, and of the Society for Women in Philosophy in 1989. After some thirty years at the university, Lennon was, in 2008, appointed Ferens Professor of Philosophy giving her inaugural lecture, 'Re- enchanting the World: the role of Imagination in Perception' in 2009. She retired from the chair in 2014. Her research areas are

gender theory Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field ...

, the

philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the ontology and nature of the mind and its relationship with the body. The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a number of other issues are addre ...

, and embodiment, within the context of contemporary

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and

Continental philosophy Continental philosophy is a term used to describe some philosophers and philosophical traditions that do not fall under the umbrella of analytic philosophy. However, there is no academic consensus on the definition of continental philosophy. Pri ...

Publications

*''Explaining Human Action'' (London: Duckworth, 1990). *''Philosophy of Mind'', with Steve Burwood and Paul Gilbert (London: Taylor and Francis, 1998). *''Theorizing Gender'', with Rachel Alsop and Annette FitzSimons (Cambridge: Polity, 2002). *''The World, the Flesh and the Subject: Continental Themes in Philosophy of Mind and body'', with Paul Gilbert (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005). *’’Gender Theory in Troubled Times’’, with Dr. Rachel Alsop

References

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