Joe Cruz Associate Professor of Philosophy & Cognitive Science My philosophical areas of specialization are epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of cognitive science. In cognitive science, my research is in neural network modeling, embodied cognition, and cognitive development. BA Williams College (in Philosophy), Williamstown, MA, 1991 e-mail: jcruz at williams dot edu
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p u b l i c a t i o n s "Is There Reason for Skepticism?" - Forthcoming in Knowledge and Skepticism (O'Rourke and Campbell, eds.). (Powerpoint presentation here) "The
Chimerical Appeal of Epistemic Externalism" (2004, with John Pollock)
- In The Externalist Challenge (Richard Schantz, ed.).
"Mindreading:
Mental State Ascription & Cognitive Architecture" (Mind
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John Morrison '01
(NYU Department of Philosophy). Philosophy thesis - "Contextualism
and the Neglected Question of Context" Ezra Goldschlager '02 (Yale Law) Laura Zuckerwise '04 (Rutgers Department of Philosophy and NYU Law) Jennifer Misyak '05 (Cornell Department of Psychology). Cognitive science independent project - "Developmental Delay to Theory of Mind in Autism" Paul Sonenthal '05 (Johns Hopkins Medical School). Philosophy thesis - "The Role of the Observer in Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics" Julianne Shelby '06 (Cambridge University Cognitive Neuroscience). Cognitive Science thesis - "Theories Naturalized" Anna Edmonds '07 (University of Michigan Department of Philosophy). Philosophy thesis - "Abandoning the Truth Aim: A reevaluation of the the aim of belief and the goal of cognition" Joanna Korman '07 (Brown University Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences). Cognitive Science independent project - "A Distinctive Epistemology of Social Contents" Rachel Schneebaum '09. Philosophy thesis - "Re-Reading the Problem of Consciousness" Allison Hansen-Decelles '10. |
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Contemporary
Theories of Knowledge,
(Rowman
& Littlefield, 1999) a book co-authored with the late
John Pollock a friend, mentor, and collaborator. This is a treatise on our own positive view
as well as an epistemology primer. This second edition contains substantial
new sections on the methodology of epistemology, epistemic naturalism,
normativity, and cognitive science. |
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Comments on work by Cummins et al., delivered at the SPP meeting 2005. |
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| Contributor to The Public Humanist, a blog project by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities Past Secretary/Treasurer
and ex-officio executive committee member for The
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