About the Author

Maureen Eckert is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Her interests include ancient Greek philosophy, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. Textbooks that she has co-edited include Knowledge and Reality: Classic and Contemporary Readings, with Steven M. Cahn and Robert Buckley (2003), and Philosophical Horizons: Introductory Readings, with Steven M. Cahn (2005). She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where she enjoys creating and collecting art in her spare time.