Amie Thomasson

Amie Lynn Thomasson (born July 4, 1968) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. Her academic journey includes a BA from Duke University and an MA and PhD from the University of California, Irvine, where she studied under David Woodruff Smith. Thomasson has held academic positions at Texas Tech University, the University of Hong Kong, the University of Miami, and currently at Dartmouth College. Her primary areas of specialization are metaphysics, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, and the philosophy of art. She is recognized for her contributions to social ontology and her notable idea of 'easy ontology'. Thomasson has authored several influential books, including 'Fiction and Metaphysics' (1999), 'Ordinary Objects' (2007), 'Ontology Made Easy' (2015), and 'Norms and Necessity' (2020).