David M. Rosenthal (philosopher)

David Rosenthal is an American philosopher who has made significant contributions to the philosophy of mind, particularly in the area of consciousness and related topics.  He is professor of philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).  He was educated at the University of Chicago and then Princeton University.  Rosenthal also has research interests in cognitive science, and is Coordinator of the CUNY Graduate Center's Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science.  And he has done work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, ancient philosophy, and 17th-century rationalism.

Rosenthal is a founding member and past president (2008) of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness.