Academic Honors, Awards, and Grants (selected)

· 2005 Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley

· 2004 Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship, awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies, Project: “Making sense of the senses: Philosophical traditions and the nature of perception” ($75,000)

· 2003 Visiting Fellow, Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh.

· 2001 Helen R. Whiteley Scholar at Friday Harbor Marine Biology Labs (May-June)

· 1999 5-year fellowship, McDonnell Project in Philosophy & the Neurosciences. Project title: “The eyes have it: The neuroethology of eye gaze information processing and other minds” ($10,000Cnd)

· 1997 2-year McDonnell Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship

· 1993 National Research Service Award, 3-yr pre-doctoral, National Institute of Mental Health (#1-F31-MH10676-01), Title: “Philosophy, Computational Neuroethology, & Eigenmannia” ($30,594)

· 1993 Graduate Fellowship, McDonnell-Pew Center for Cognitive Neuroscience ($10,198)

· 1989 Comprehensive (Full) Fulbright Grant (Institution: Univ. of Sussex, Brighton, UK)

· 1989 Regents' Fellowship, University of California, San Diego (Declined)

· 1989 Faculty Award for Honors Work in Philosophy, University of South Alabama

· 1988 Younger Scholars grant, National Endowment for the Humanities (Topic: “Intentionality: Its formulations and implications for machine intelligence”)

· 1988 Best Student Paper Award, Alabama Philosophical Society

· 1985 Presidential Scholarship, 4-year, University of South Alabama

Publications

Edited Books

· 2005 Paul Churchland. Series: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus. Cambridge University Press. (Edited volume with contributions from Dan Dennett, José Luis Bermúdez, Clifford Hooker, Jesse Prinz, Pete Mandik, William Krieger, Aarre Laakso, and Garrison Cottrell.)

Refereed papers

· 2004 “Anthropomorphism, Primatomorphism, Mammalomorphism: Understanding cross-species comparisons.” Biology & Philosophy, 19, 521-540.

· 2003 “Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition! More thoughts on conspiracy theories,” Journal of Social Philosophy, 34, 104-110.

o To be reprinted in Conspiracy Theories: The Philosophical Debate, David Coady, ed., Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, forthcoming Fall 2005.

· 2002 “Making sense of the senses: Individuating modalities in humans and other animals,” The Journal of Philosophy, 99, 5-28.

· 2000 “Shocking lessons from electric fish: The theory and practice of multiple realization,” Philosophy of Science, 67, 444-465.

· 2000 “Neuroethology and the philosophy of cognitive science,” Philosophy of Science, 67 (Proceedings), S404-S417. (Part of a symposium on “Studies in the Interaction of Psychology and Neuroscience” with Gary Hatfield and William Hirstein.)

· 1999 “Fixing content and function in neurobiological systems: The neuroethology of electroreception,” Biology & Philosophy, 14, 395-430.

· 1999 “Of conspiracy theories,” The Journal of Philosophy, 96, 109-126.

o Translated as “A Konspirációs Elméletekról,” Holmi, XII, 1371-1386. (Agnes Erdelyi’s translation for a Hungarian cultural journal.)

o To be reprinted in Conspiracy Theories: The Philosophical Debate, David Coady, ed., Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, forthcoming Fall 2005.

o To be translated as “De las Teorías de Conspiración “ in Teorias de las conspiración, Juan Cristóbal Cruz, ed. Publicaciones Cruz O. S. A, forthcoming in Mexico.

Invited and conference papers

· (In preparation) “Theoretical issues in the neurobiology of the senses” in Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience, J. Bickle, ed., Oxford University Press.

· (In preparation) “Phenomenology and the Senses: There’s less connection than one would think” in Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Psychology, J. Symons, ed., Routledge.

· 2005 “The Unexpected Realist,” in Paul Churchland, Brian L. Keeley, ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Co-authored with William Krieger.)

· 2005 “Becoming Paul M. Churchland (1942-)” in Paul Churchland, Brian L. Keeley, ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

· 2002 “Eye gaze information processing: A case study in primate cognitive neuroethology,” in The Cognitive Animal, M. Bekoff, C. Allen, & G. Burghardt, eds. MIT Press, 443-450.

· 1998 “Artificial life.” in the Encyclopedia of Semiotics. P. Bouissac, ed., Oxford University Press, 48-51.

· 1997 “Evaluating artificial life and artificial organisms,” in Artificial Life V: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, C. G. Langton & K. Shimohara (eds.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 264-271.

· 1994 “Against the global replacement: On the application of the philosophy of artificial intelligence to artificial life,” in Artificial Life III: Proceedings of the Workshop on Artificial Life, C. G. Langton (ed.). Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, Advanced Book Program, 569-587.

· 1993 “Is there room for philosophy in the science(s) of complexity?” in 1992 Lectures in Complex Systems, Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, L. Nadel and D. Stein (eds.). Redwood City, CA: Addison Wesley, 615-622. [Coauthored with E. Bonabeau.]

· 1992 “The Cartesian theater stance” (Comment on D.C. Dennett & M. Kinsbourne, “Time and the observer”), Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 15(2): 209-210). [with B. Glymour, R. Grush, V. Hardcastle, J. Ramsey, O. Shagrir, and E. Watson.]

· 1988 “When artificial intelligence encounters philosophy,” in Proceedings of the Southeast Regional Conference of the Association for Computing Machinery.

Reviews and Abstracts

· 2003 Review of Leslie Brother's Mistaken Identity: The Mind-Brain Problem Reconsidered (New York: SUNY, 2001). Brain and Mind, 3, 409-12.

· 1999 Review of C. Allen & M. Bekoff, Species of mind: The philosophy and biology of cognitive ethology. Philosophical psychology, 12 (4), 543-546.

· 1998 “Artificial life for philosophers.” Philosophical psychology, 11 (2): 251-260.

· 1995 “Large, slow changes in electric organ discharge associated with social context in Eigenmannia” in M. Burrows, T. Matheson, P. L. Newland & H. Schuppe (eds.), Nervous Systems and Behaviour: Proceedings of the 4th international congress of neuroethology. Stuttgart: Verlag, 1995: 415. (Abstract)

· 1990 Review of J. Pollock's How to Build a Person, in AISB Quarterly (Quarterly Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence & Simulation of Behaviour), 74.

· 1990 Review of J. C. Smith's Historical Foundations of Cognitive Science, in AISB Quarterly (Quarterly Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence & Simulation of Behaviour), 73.

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Presentations (selected)

· 2005 Invited commentary on Peter W. Ross “Common Sense About Qualities And The Senses”, American Philosophical Association (Eastern Div.), New York City, Dec., 2005.

· 2005 “The Individuation of Sensory Modalities: Ancient and Contemporary Views Compared.” Southern California Philosophy Conference (CSU-Northridge, Oct 19).

· 2005 “The hunt for the wily quale: The evolution of a philosophical concept.” Society for Philosophy & Psychology. Wake Forest University, June ’05.

· 2003 “Eye gaze and the problem of other minds.” Invited paper given at Pennsylvania State University (Science Studies program, Dec. ’03)

· 2003 “The concept of ‘dedication’ in comparative neurobiology.” Invited paper given at Cambridge University and Trinity College, Dublin (both Dec. ’03).

· 2002/2003 “Anthropomorphism, Primatomorphism, Mammalomorphism: Understanding cross-species comparisons.” (1) Society for Philosophy & Psychology, Edmonton, Ontario, June 2002, (2) 39th Annual Taft Philosophy Colloquium: Animal Cognition. Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2003, (3) Invited paper given to Virginia Tech Undergraduate Philosophy Club, Nov. ’03.

· 2002/2003 “Deciphering the ocular dialect: How to use eyes to read minds” Carleton/McDonnell Philosophy & Neuroscience Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, October 2002 & ICCS/ASCS-2003 Joint International Conference on Cognitive Science, Sydney, Australia, 13-17 July, 2003.

· 2001/2002 “Is there a special, conceptual problem of mental disease (beyond the problem of disease itself)?” (1) 2001 Southern California Philosophy Conference (UC-Irvine, October), (2) American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division, Seattle, April 2002), (3) Invited paper at Occidental College (Cognitive Science Program, April 2002).

· 1999 “Making sense of the senses: Individuating the modalities in human and non-human animals,” Society for Philosophy & Psychology, Palo Alto, June, 1999, and American Philosophical Association (Eastern Div.), Boston, Dec., 1999.

· 1998 “Neuroethology and the philosophy of cognitive science,” Cognitive Science 1998, Madison, Wisconsin, August, 1998 & PSA98 (1998 Philosophy of Science Association, Kansas City, MO).

· 1998 “Shocking lessons from electric fish: The theory and practice of multiple realization,” Presented at both Southern Society for Philosophy & Psychology, New Orleans, April, 1998, and the Society for Philosophy & Psychology, Minneapolis, June, 1998.

· 1997 “What's right and what's wrong with artificial life?” International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, Seattle, 16-20 July, 1997.

· 1995 “Artificial life and natural complexity,” International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, Leuven, Belgium, 18-23 July, 1995.

· 1995 “Blip world & blob world: an A-Life metaphor,” European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Oxford, United Kingdom, 29 Aug-2 Sept, 1995. (Poster)

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Service to Profession

· Society for Philosophy and Psychology (Annual Meeting Program Chair, 2003; Executive Committee Member, 2003-2006)

· Philosophy of Science (Reviewer)

· Philosophical Psychology (Reviewer)

· Artificial Life (Reviewer)

· 2001 Southern California Philosophy Conference (Program committee)

· Artificial Life VII & VIII (Program committee)

References Telephone Email address

William Bechtel (Professor, Philosophy, UCSD)	(858) 822-4461	bill@mechanism.ucsd.edu
Paul Churchland (Professor, Philosophy, UCSD)	(858) 534-4883	pchurchland@ucsd.edu
Patricia Churchland (Professor, Philosophy, UCSD)	(858) 534-6811	pschurchland@ucsd.edu
Sandra D. Mitchell (Professor, History & Philosophy of Science, U. of Pittsburgh)	(412) 624 5878	smitchel+@pitt.edu

Teaching Experience

I. Pitzer College, Assistant Professor

2 times, ’04-‘05	Introduction to Knowledge, Mind & Existence
Spr ‘03	Monkey Business: Continuing Controversies in Human Evolution (team-taught)
2 times, ’02-‘04	Aesthetics & the Philosophy of Art
Fall ‘02	Science, Technology & Society (A Freshman Seminar)
4 times, ’00-‘05	Philosophy of Science
3 times, ’00-‘03	Foundations of Neuroscience (team-taught)
3 times, ’00-‘03	Introduction to Philosophy
3 times,’01-‘05	Perspectives on Mind and Brain
Fall ‘00	If Ignorance is Bliss, Why Bother Thinking? (A Freshman Seminar)

II. University of Northern Iowa, Assistant Professor

Spr ‘00	Medieval Philosophy
Fall ‘99	The Human Person (The philosophy of human nature)
4 times, ’99-‘00	Introduction to Philosophy

III. Washington University in St. Louis, Lecturer

Spr ‘99	Topics/Philosophy of Science: Functionalist Explanation in Psych. (Graduate)
Spr ‘98	Phil. Issues in Neuroethology & Animal Behavior (Graduate)

IV. University of California, San Diego, Lecturer

Fall ‘96	Biomedical Ethics
Spr ‘96	Logic & Decision Making

Note: All undergraduate unless otherwise noted. Graduate school assistant teaching experience not shown. (9 different courses in Philosophy, Humanities & Writing.) Details available upon request.

2005-present	Associate Professor of Philosophy, Pitzer College
2000-2005	Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Pitzer College
2000-present	External Graduate Faculty (Philosophy), Claremont Graduate University
1999-2000	Assistant Professor of Philosophy (tenure-track), University of Northern Iowa
1997-99	McDonnell Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis
1997	Ph.D., Philosophy and Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego; Thesis: “Cognitive science as the computational neuroethology of intelligent behavior: Why biological facts are important for explaining cognition.” Chairs: Patricia Smith Churchland, Sandra D. Mitchell.
1993	M.A., Philosophy, UCSD; Thesis: “W.V.O. Quine: The last pragmatist?”
1990	M.Sc., Knowledge Based Systems, University of Sussex (UK); Thesis: “A hybrid classical/connectionist architecture for solving logic problems”
1989	B.A., Philosophy, Magna cum Laude, University of South Alabama

Academic & Employment History

Areas of Research Specialization

Areas of Teaching Competence

Publications

Edited Books

· 2005 Paul Churchland. Series: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus. Cambridge University Press. (Edited volume with contributions from Dan Dennett, José Luis Bermúdez, Clifford Hooker, Jesse Prinz, Pete Mandik, William Krieger, Aarre Laakso, and Garrison Cottrell.)

Refereed papers

Invited and conference papers

Reviews and Abstracts

Teaching Experience

Introduction to Knowledge, Mind & Existence

Monkey Business: Continuing Controversies in Human Evolution (team-taught)

Aesthetics & the Philosophy of Art

Science, Technology & Society (A Freshman Seminar)

Philosophy of Science

Foundations of Neuroscience (team-taught)

Introduction to Philosophy