Tamar Gendler

Tamar Szabó Gendler (born 1965) is an American philosopher and academic. She is a professor of philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science at Yale University, where she also served as inaugural dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 2014 to 2024. Her academic research focuses on issues in the philosophy of psychology, epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, and moral psychology.

Gendler is best known for her work on thought experiments, imagination—particularly on the phenomenon of imaginative resistance—and for coining the term ''alief''. Provided by Wikipedia