is a philosopher of mind and an aesthetician. He was Professor of philosophy of mind and logic at the University of London, Professor of philosophy at Columbia University, and at the University of California (Berkeley); Professor of philosophy and the humanities at the University of California (Davis), and also held many other positions in both philosophy and psychoanalysis. In 1972 he became fellow of the British Academy, Honorary Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society (1982), Honorary Fellow of the University College in London (1994) and Honorary Member of the San Fransisco Psychoanalytic Institute in 1994. His many publications include On Art and our Mind (1973), The Thread of Life (1984), Painting as an Art (1987) and The Mind and its Depths (1993). He is currently working on The Emotions (Yale University Press).