Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of mind is increasingly pursued in interdisciplinary mode. This is the approach adopted by all those in the Department who work in this area. Members of the Department play a significant part in the organization of the University of Maryland Cognitive Science Colloquium, and some are members or associate members of the interdisciplinary program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS).

Faculty in this area

        Peter Carruthers (Consciousness, Philosophy of Psychology, Cognitive Science)
        Lindley Darden (Artificial Intelligence, Theories of Scientific Discovery)
        Erin Eaker (Beliefs and Propositional Attitudes)
        John Horty (Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science)
        Michael Morreau (Propositional Attitudes)
        Paul Pietroski (Action Theory, Philosophy of Mind)
        Georges Rey (Consciousness, Philosophy of Psychology, Cognitive Science)

Recent seminars in this area

        Seminar in Cognitive Studies (Rey, 2008)
        Mind Reading and Meta-Cognition (Carruthers, 2008)
        Seminar in Cognitive Studies (Rey, 2006)
        Architecture of Mind (Carruthers, 2005)
        Consciousness and Qualia (Rey, 2005)
        Physicalism and Emergence (Silberstein, 2005)