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Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy: Harvard University, 2011

M.A. in Philosophy: Harvard University, 2004

B.A. in Philosophy: University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999

Employment

2013-2014: Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, Princeton, New Jersey

2011-2013: Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto

Areas of Specialization

Phenomenology, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Feminist Philosophy

Areas of Competence

     Medical Ethics, Existentialism, Logic

Publications

     Book Chapters

“Gilbert Ryle and Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Critique of Descartes: Or Skill in Ryle and Merleau-Ponty,” in Merleau-Ponty at the Limits of Art, Religion and Perception, edited by Kascha Semonovitch and Neal DeRoo (New York: Continuum, 2010), 63-78.

     Articles

“Skillful Action In Peripersonal Space,” in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences (March 2013).

     Book Reviews

“Review of Starting With Merleau-Ponty by Katherine J. Morris,” in European Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming).

     In Progress

          “Speaking Surface or Embodied Actor? The Metaphors of Social Construction”

          “Two Kinds of Bodily Agency”

1. “Gilbert Ryle’s Adverbialism”
   

2. “The (Mis)Use of Pathological Cases: A Problem for Double Dissociation”
   

3. “The Perception of Empty Space”
   

Presentations

2014  “Shape Skeletons and the Phenomenological Grasp,” University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design (Toronto, Canada), March 8.

2012  “Skillful Action in Peripersonal Space,” University of Toronto, Workshop at the Jackman Humanities Institute (Toronto, Canada), November 29.

“Speaking Surface or Embodied Actor? The Metaphors of Social Construction” Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (Calgary, Canada), October 27-28.

“Skillful Action in Peripersonal Space,” Neurophenomenology: Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society (Bristol, England), September 15-16.

“The Perception of Empty Space (Poster),” Society for Philosophy and Psychology (Boulder, CO), June 21-23.

“Two Kinds of Bodily Agency (Poster),” Max-Planck Institute for Human Development, Interdisciplinary Workshop: Personal and Shared Intentions (Berlin, Germany), May 3-5.

2011  “Do We Perceive Empty Space?”  University of Toronto, Workshop at the Jackman Humanities Institute (Toronto, Canada), November 10.

“What Can We Learn About the Normal From the Pathological?”  Boston University Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Consciousness (Boston, MA), April 29-30.

2010  “Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Motor-Intentional Theory of Action,” The New School for Social Research, Thursday Night Speaker Series (New York, NY), May 13.

2009  “Reply to ‘Why Cognitive Science Doesn't Need a Personal-Subpersonal Distinction’,” Boston University Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Consciousness (Boston, MA). April 24-25.

2008  “Gilbert Ryle and Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Critique of Descartes,” Boston College Workshop on Contemporary Philosophy: Maurice Merleau-Ponty (Boston, MA), September 28.

“Behavioral Mastery,” Metaphysics and Epistemology Workshop at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), March 3.

2007  “Should Feminists be Behaviorists?” Society for Analytic Feminism, Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (Cambridge, MA), April 19.

“New Behaviorism,” Metaphysics and Epistemology Workshop at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), April 30.

2006  “Should Feminists be Behaviorists?”  Workshop on Gender and Philosophy at MIT (Cambridge, MA), April 27.

“Critique of Alva Noë’s Action in Perception,” Metaphysics and Epistemology Workshop at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), October 30.

“Problem Solving, Creativity and Insight in Gilbert Ryle,” Metaphysics and Epistemology Workshop at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), April 6.

2005  “Embodied and Embedded Consciousness,” Metaphysics and Epistemology Workshop at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), November 11.

“Intimate Testimony,” Metaphysics and Epistemology Workshop at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), February 10.

2004  “Approaching Perception: Phenomenal Consciousness, Access Consciousness, Their Relation, and a Non-Phenomenal Approach to Perception,” Metaphysics and Epistemology Workshop at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA).

“Approaching Perception: Phenomenal Consciousness, Access Consciousness, Their Relation, and a Non-Phenomenal Approach to Perception,” Brown University Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy (Providence, RI).

“Approaching Perception: Phenomenal Consciousness, Access Consciousness, Their Relation, and a Non-Phenomenal Approach to Perception,” Harvard and MIT Eminees (Cambridge, MA).

Teaching Experience

     University of Toronto

          Primary Instructor

               Analytic Feminism, spring 2013

              Perception and Action, fall 2011

              The Phenomenological Mind, spring 2012

     Harvard University

          Primary Instructor:

               Consciousness, spring 2008

          Teaching Fellow:

               The Human Mind (Steven Pinker), spring 2008

               Pragmatism (Peter Godfrey-Smith), spring 2007

               Self, Freedom and Existence (Richard Moran), spring 2006

               Human Nature (Steven Pinker and Roberto Unger), spring 2005

               Plato (Raphael Woolf), spring 2005

               Deductive Logic (Richard Heck), fall 2004

     Tufts University

          Primary Instructor:

               Philosophy of Mind, fall 2006

          Teaching Assistant:

               Language and Mind (Daniel Dennett), fall 2001

               Language and Mind (Daniel Dennett), fall 2000

               Bioethics (Mitchell Silver), spring 2000

Fellowship and Awards

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Jackman Humanities Institute: University of Toronto, 2011-2013

Dissertation Completion Grant: Harvard University, 2008-2009

Graduate Society Award, Prospectus Research: Harvard University, 2005

Sosland Fellowship: Harvard University, 2003-2004

Honors in Philosophy: University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999

Crown College Honors: University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999

Phi Beta Kappa: University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999

Service

Organizer, Neurophenomenology and Architecture Conference at the University of Toronto, 2013

Organizer, Neurophenomenology and Architecture Reading Group at the University of Toronto, 2012-2013

Referee, Continental Philosophy Review

Referee, Res Philosophica

Referee, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Session Chair, Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, July 29-August 2 2012

Session Chair, Society for Philosophy and Psychology, June 21-23 2012

Session Chair, Phenomenology, Perception and Normativity Workshop at the University of Pittsburgh, June 13-14 2011

Organizer, Mind/Brain/Behavior Graduate Student Conference at Harvard University, 2006

Representative, Mind/Brain/Behavior Interfaculty Initiative at Harvard University, 2005- 2006

Organizer, Harvard/MIT Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy, 2004

Observer, Bioethics Committee at Boston Children’s Hospital, 1999-2002

Professional Affiliations

American Philosophical Association

Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Society for Women in Philosophy

Proficiency in Language

     German: reading

     Spanish: speaking and reading

References

Daniel Dennett

Center for Cognitive Studies

115 Miner Hall

Tufts University

Medford, MA  02155   USA

Telephone: (617) 627.3297

Email: daniel [dot] dennett [at] tufts [dot] edu

    Sean Kelly

Department of Philosophy
Emerson Hall 209a 
Harvard University 
25 Quincy Street 
Cambridge, MA  02138   USA

Telephone: (617) 495-3915

Email: sdkelly [at] fas [dot] harvard [dot] edu

Alva Noë

Department of Philosophy
314 Moses Hall, #2390
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720   USA  

Telephone: (510) 296-5892

Email: noe [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Evan Thompson

Department of Philosophy

University of British Columbia

Vancouver Campus

1866 Main Mall
Buchanan E370,

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1  CANADA  

Telephone: (604) 827-2071

Email: evan [dot] thompson [at] bc [dot] ca