John Haugeland (born in 1945), is a philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. He previously taught at the University of Pittsburgh and UC Berkeley, and he was a member at the Palo Alto Research Center.

Haugeland was a research fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities and of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. He has also been a member of the Council for Philosophical Studies. Before starting graduate school Haugeland was a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa.

Haugeland first studied at Harvey Mudd College, where he obtained a degree in physics before studying for a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.

In Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea, Haugeland coined the term GOFAI. Haugeland's work has focused on the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, phenomenology, and Heidegger.

Books

• Having Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind (1998). Harvard University Press.
• Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea (1985). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Bradford/MIT Press.
• Mind Design (1981) (editor). Bradford/MIT Press
• Mind Design II Second Edition (1997) (editor). MIT Press
• Rationality and Theory Choice (forthcoming) (Haugeland, J and Conant, J, eds.). University of Chicago Press.

Philosophers | 1945 births | Living people | Harvey Mudd College alumni