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Gary Purpura

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Lecturer
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
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120 Cohen Hall
Appointments: 

Lecturer Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests: 
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science

    • Scott Weinstein

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    Professor of Philosophy, Mathematics, and Computer Science
    Ph.D. Rockefeller University
    Contact Information
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    (215) 898-8563
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    Office Location: 
    462 Cohen Hall
    Office Hours: 
    TR 12:00-1:30
    Appointments: 

    Professor of Philosophy, Mathematics, and Computer Science

    Director of Logic, Information, and Computation Program

    Research Interests: 
  • Logic
  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Cognitive Science

    • Susan Schneider

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    Assistant Professor of Philosophy
    Ph.D. Rutgers University
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    Homepage
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    Email: sls@sas.upenn.edu (This is the best way to reach me).
    Appointments: 

    Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania.

    Faculty Member (Affiliate), Center for Neuroscience and Society, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS) and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN), University of Pennsylvania.

    Research Interests: 

    I work mainly in philosophy of mind, metaphysics and philosophy of cognitive science.  I am now working on two projects. First, I am considering the scope and limits of cognitive science, and in particular, the plausibility of computational theories of mind.  And second, I am rethinking the traditional positions on the mind-body problem, reframing conceptions of property dualism and physicalism, especially in light of considerations in metaphysics involving the nature of properties and substance.

    Selected Publications: 

    Books:

    The Mind-Body Problem: Rethinking the Solution Space, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

    The Language of Thought: New Directions, MIT Press, in press.

    The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness , (with Max Velmans), Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, January 2007, 768 pp.

    Science Fiction and Philosophy , Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2009, 250 pp.

    Selected Papers:

    "Why the Property Dualist Cannot be a Physicalist about Substance", Philosophical Studies, forthcoming.

    "The Nature of Symbols in the Language of Thought", Mind and Language, Winter, 2009.

    "LOT, CTM and the Elephant in the Room," Synthese, Winter, 2009.

    “Fodor’s Critique of the Classical Computational Theory of Mind” (with Kirk Ludwig), Mind and Language, 2008, 23, 2008.

    "What is the Significance of the Intuition that the Laws of Nature Govern?"  Australasian Journal of Philosophy, June, 2007, pp. 307-324.

    “Direct Reference, Psychological Explanation, and Frege Cases,” Mind and Language,  Volume 20 Issue 4, September 2005, pp. 223-447.

    (Downloads of many of my papers are available at my homepage).

    Gary Hatfield

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    Seybert Professor of Philosophy
    Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
    History of Science/Philosophy/Psychology
    Contact Information
    Web Site: 
    Homepage
    Phone: 
    (215) 898-6346
    Email address: 
    Office Location: 
    425 Cohen Hall
    Office Hours: 
    Spring, 2012: T/R 3-4pm, and by apptmt.
    Appointments: 

    Adam Seybert Professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy

    Sector A Advisor, Visual Studies

    Institute for Research in Cognitive Science

    Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

    Research Interests: 
    • History of Modern Philosophy
    • Philosophy of Psychology
    • Theories of Vision
    • Philosophy of Science

    Zoltan Domotor

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    Professor of Philosophy
    Ph.D. Stanford University
    Contact Information
    Phone: 
    (215) 898-6347
    Email address: 
    Office Location: 
    465 Cohen Hall
    Appointments: 

    Professor of Philosophy Director of Undergraduate Studies

    Research Interests: 
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Applied Logic
  • Epistemology
  • Cognitive Science

    • Michael Weisberg

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    Associate Professor of Philosophy and Graduate Chair
    Ph.D. Stanford University
    Contact Information
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    Personal Website
    Phone: 
    (215) 898-0417
    Email address: 
    Office Location: 
    421 Cohen Hall
    Office Hours: 
    Monday, 2-3:30 and by appointment
    Research Interests: 
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Philosophy of Biology
  • Philosophy of Chemistry
  • Public Understanding of Science
  • Cognitive Science

    • My primary research concerns the philosophical issues surrounding the scientific method. Specifically, I am interested in the construction, development, and analysis of theories and models in computationally complex sciences such as population biology and chemistry. I pursue these interests in a variety of projects spanning traditional as well as novel areas in philosophy of science, including philosophy of biology, philosophy of chemistry, and the social structure of science.

    Selected Publications: 

    Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World, 2013, Oxford Univeristy Press.

    "Three Kinds of Idealization," The Journal of Philosophy, 104 (12) 639-59.

    “Robustness Analysis,”Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Science, 73, 730–742.

    “Forty Years of `The Strategy': Levins on Model Building and Idealization,” Biology and Philosophy, 21(5), 623--645.

    “Who is a Modeler?”, British Journal for Philosophy of Science, 58, 207–233.

    “Qualitative Theory and Chemical Explanation,” Philosophy of Science, 71 (2004), 1071–1081.

    “Water is Not H2O,” Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline. Eds. D. Baird, et al. New York: Springer. 337-345.

    Curriculum Vitæ: 
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