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Associate Professor of Philosophy |
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Ph.D. University of Arizona (in Philosophy and Cognitive Science), Tucson, AZ, 1999.
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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.). PDF (Powerpoint presentation here) "The
Chimerical Appeal of Epistemic Externalism" (2004, with John Pollock)
- In The Externalist Challenge (Richard Schantz, ed.).
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"Mindreading:
Mental State Ascription & Cognitive Architecture" (Mind
& Language, 13(3), 1998) - An argument for the simulation theory
of mental state ascription based on connectionism. PDF |
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Winter Study in Morocco John Morrison '01
(NYU Department of Philosophy). Thesis - "Contextualism
and the Neglected Question of Context" PDF Ezra Goldschlager '02 (Yale Law) Laura Zuckerwise '04 (Rutgers Department of Philosophy and NYU Law) Paul Sonenthal '05 (Johns Hopkins Medical School). Thesis - "The Role of the Observer in Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics" PDF Julianne Shelby '06 (Cambridge University Cognitive Neuroscience). Thesis - "Theories Naturalized" Anna Edmonds '07. Thesis - "Abandoning the Truth Aim: A reevaluation of the the aim of belief and the goal of cognition" PDF Joanna Korman '07 (Cambridge University History and Philosophy of Science). Independent project - "A Distinctive Epistemology of Social Contents" |
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Contemporary
Theories of Knowledge,
a book co-authored with sometimes whimsical
John Pollock (Rowman
& Littlefield, 1999) - 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. PDF |
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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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