Question: Facts: - image size: 200px - influences: bertrand ludwig wittgenstein russell , fred dretske , frank jackson , - region: western philosophy - school tradition: analytic philosophy - main interests: philosophy of mind , consciousness , metaphysics - name: michael tye - color: #b 0c4de - image: michael tye tasc2008.jpg - era: contemporary philosophy Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michael tye -lrb- philosopher -rrb- .
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michael tye is a philosopher at the university of texas at austin who has made significant contributions to the philosophy of mind .he was educated at oxford university in england , studying first physics and then physics and philosophy .before moving to texas , tye taught at haverford college in suburban philadelphia and temple university in philadelphia proper .he was also a visiting professor at king 's college , london for some ten consecutive years while at temple and briefly took up a chair at the university of st. andrews .besides philosophy of mind , tye has interests in cognitive science , metaphysics , and philosophical logic , especially problems relating to vagueness .tye 's third book , '' ten problems of consciousness '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , was an alternate selection of the library of science book club .along with fred dretske , tye defends the representationalist view of consciousness .