BA Williams College (in Philosophy), Williamstown, MA, 1991
Ph.D. University of Arizona (in Philosophy and Cognitive Science), Tucson, AZ, 1999

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e-mail: jcruz at williams dot edu
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r e s e a r c h

t e a c h i n g

p u b l i c ..l e c t u r e s

— "Knowing One's Mind" - Campus faculty lecture, Spring 2007. Podcast, transcript, and Powerpoint presentation

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.).

— "Epistemology" and "Simulation Theory" (2003) - Entries in the Nature Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (the latter written with Bob Gordon).

— "Mindreading: Mental State Ascription & Cognitive Architecture" (Mind & Language, 13(3), 1998).

— "Simulation and the Psychology of Sociopathy"(Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 20(3), 1997).

c u r r e n t ..c o u r s e s

– Tutorial on Skepticism & Relativism
– Tutorial on Consciousness
– The Embodied Mind: Meditative Practices, the Mind Sciences, and the Philosophy of Mind (co-taught with Georges Dreyfus)

r e s o u r c e s ..f o r ..s t u d e n t s

— Introduction to metaphysics and epistemology writing tutor
— Introduction to moral philosophy writing tutor

p r e v i o u s...c o u r s e s

– Introduction to Metaphysics & Epistemology (PHIL 102)
– Minds, Brains & Intelligent Behavior - An Introduction to Cognitive Science
– Introduction to Moral & Political Philosophy (PHIL 101)
– Tutorial on David Hume
– Philosophy of Language & Philosophy of Mind
– Contemporary Epistemology
– Skepticism
– Current trends in Cognitive Science
– Concepts
– Philosophical Naturalism
– Philosophy of Psychology
– Connectionism
– Relativism & Truth
– History of Modern Philosophy
– Foundations & Methods of Cognitive Science
– A History of Psychology
– Winter Study in Morocco



a d v a n c e d...s t u d e n t s...a d v i s e d

John Morrison '01 (NYU Department of Philosophy). Philosophy thesis - "Contextualism and the Neglected Question of Context"

Katharine Baker '02 (Cambridge University History and Philosophy of Science)

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.

— 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.
Précis
Table of Contents & Preface

d r a f t s

— "Epistemic Norms and the Sellarsian Dilemma for Foundationalism"

s h o r t e r...p i e c e s

— Comments on work by Justin Fisher, prepared for the SPP meeting 2006.

— Comments on work by Cummins et al., delivered at the SPP meeting 2005.

— Comments on work by Whit Schonbein, delivered at the SPP meeting 2001.

— Comments on work by Karsten Stueber, delivered at the Central APA Meeting 2001.

— Comments on work by Paul Churchland, delivered at a conference in honor of Alvin Goldman, 2001.

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