I am interested in the empirical study of the mind and the metaphysical nature of our world that allows for the fruitful empirical study of the mind. As a result, my research focuses both on theoretical ideas in cognitive science (concept acquisition, mental content, mental representation, models of human cognitive processing) and in the metaphysics of science (laws of nature, properties, relations of fundamental physics to other sciences). I'm also deeply interested in philosophical method itself, in particular, to what extent and in what way philosophers can generate knowledge independent of the scientific enterprise.
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Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Epistemology
On the scientific unity of concepts.
Metascience: an international review journal for the history, philosophy and social studies of science.
147-151.
2011
PHIL 1400 - Philosophy and the Sciences
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Summer 2021 / Summer 2022 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023 / Summer 2024
Considers philosophical topics and concepts related to the natural sciences, such as the following: science and pseudo-science; scientific method; the nature of explanation, theory, confirmation, and falsification; the effect of science on basic concepts like mind, freedom, time, and causality; ethics of experimentation; and the relation of science to society.
PHIL 2440 - Symbolic Logic
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Summer 2018 / Summer 2019 / Spring 2023
Introduces students to sentential logic, the logic of quantification and some of the basic concepts and results of metalogic (interpretations, validity and soundness).
PHIL 4300 - Philosophy of Mind
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Spring 2023
Discusses topics in the philosophy of mind, including the mind-body problem, consciousness, intentionality, rationality, mental causation and the nature of mental states. Same as PHIL 5300.
PHIL 5300 - Philosophy of Mind
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Spring 2023
Discusses topics in the philosophy of mind, including the mind-body problem, consciousness, intentionality, rationality, mental causation, and the nature of mental states. Same as PHIL 4300.
