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.