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Dr Sarah Patterson

Positions held:
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Historical Studies
  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Sarah Patterson is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy. Before coming to Birkbeck in 1994, she held Assistant Professor appointments at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Harvard University and Tufts University. Her main area of research is in early modern philosophy, particularly philosophy of mind.

    Qualifications

    • BA (Hons) Philosophy and Physiology, University of Oxford, 1981
    • PhD, Philosophy, MIT, 1988

    Administrative responsibilities

    • Programme Director, MA/PGCertificate/PGDiploma in Philosophy
  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Supervision

    Supervisions within Birkbeck:
    4

    Current doctoral researchers

    • ALISTAIR SHAW
      Nature of supervision:
      Principal Supervisor, onwards
    • KARIM-PASHA LADBON
      Nature of supervision:
      Principal Supervisor, onwards

    Doctoral alumni since 2013-14

    • LAUREN SLATER
      Nature of supervision:
      Principal Supervisor,
      Title of thesis:
      Word Made Flesh: Sensory Ideas as Meanings of Bodily Signs in Descartes
      Awarded:
      2023
    • MAGNUS FRIED
      Nature of supervision:
      Principal Supervisor, to
      Title of thesis:
      Addressing Kuhn's Challenge: Conceptual Continuity and Natural Kinds
      Awarded:
      2020
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    Book Section

    • Patterson, Sarah (2010) Clear and distinct perception. In: Broughton, J. and Carriero, J. (eds.) A Companion to Descartes. Wiley Blackwell. pp. 216-234. ISBN 9781444337846.
    • Patterson, Sarah (2000) How Cartesian was Descartes?. In: Crane, T. and Patterson, Sarah (eds.) History of the Mind-Body Problem. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 70-110. ISBN 9780415242363.