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A modular, interactive approach to active learning in Philosophy and Cognitive Science.
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Dr. William Bechtel, Professor |
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Department of Philosophy
University of California, San Diego |
| http://mechanism.ucsd.edu/~bill/ |
| William Bechtel (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1977,
Philosophy) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California,
San Diego and Former Chair in the Department of Philosophy and Director
of the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program at Washington
University. His research has focused on the processes by which scientists
develop explanatory models in the life sciences. His book Discovering
Complexity (1993), written together with Robert Richardson,
describes a program for developing models of mechanism by decomposing
and localizing contributing processes within biological systems.
His book Connectionism and the Mind (first edition, 1991,
second edition, 2001; written together with Adele Abrahamsen) provides
an introduction to one of the major approaches to computational
modeling of cognitive processes as well as a discussion of specific
philosophical issues such modeling has generated. Along with George
Graham, he is coeditor of A Companion to Cognitive Science
(1998), a comprehensive overview of cognitive science which includes
ten chapters emphasizing the major methodologies employed in cognitive
science. He is currently developing a historical analysis of the
development of modem cell biology which will focus on both the processes
by which cell biologists developed models of cell function and of
the epistemic issues surrounding the introduction of new techniques
that made the research possible. He will be involved in the conceptualization
of the instructional modules and in reviewing their contents. |
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Dr.
Adele Abrahamsen |
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| http://mechanism.ucsd.edu/~adele/ |
| Adele Abrahamsen (Ph.D., University of California,
San Diego, 1972, Psychology) is Former Undergraduate Director of
the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program and Associate Professor
of Psychology (part-time) at Washington University. Her research
has targeted language and cognition in both adults and children,
and she also has published theoretical papers on the orchestration
of different types of inquiry in cognitive science. In addition
to being coauthor of Connectionism and the Mind (1991 and
2001), she published Child Language.- An Interdisciplinary Guide
to Theory and Research (1977). She has extensive experience
teaching research methods in psychology, including the design of
interactive computer-based exercises to teach basic concepts in
research design. She taught statistics to psychology majors at Rutgers
University for three years, psychological research methods to graduate
students at the New School for Social Research for four years, and
psychological research methods to undergraduates at Georgia State
University for four years. She will be responsible for coordinating
the work of the other participants, overseeing the web-based aspects
of the course, formatting materials in html for posting on the web,
and creating many of the interactive modules. |
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Dr. Peter Bradley,
Assistant Professor |
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Department of Philosophy
McDaniel College |
| Peter Bradley at McDaniel College |
Peter Bradley (Ph.D. Temple University, 2002) is
interested in the philosophy of color and color perception - specifically,
the philosophic problems posed by the existence of colors that are
perceptible by non-human creatures like birds, but imperceptible
for humans. In addition, he has an extensive background as a UNIX
system administrator.
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Contributors
Dr.
Carl Craver, Assistant Professor |
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Department of Philosophy
and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program
Washington University in St. Louis |
| http://artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/craver/ |
| Carl F. Craver (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1998,
History and Philosophy of Science) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy
and a member of the Philosophy Neuroscience-Psychology Program at
Washington University. He also holds an M.S. in Neuroscience from
Pittsburgh, and he has published in the history of science, the
philosophy of science, and Neuroscience. Craver maintains an active
research interest in discovery, theory construction, and research
methodology, and he is developing a growing interest in the application
of findings in cognitive science and neuroscience to perennial issues
in the philosophy of science. He will be involved in the design
of several sets of modules and teaching of the course. |
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| Dr. Whit Schonbein, Visiting
Assistant Professor |
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Department of Philosophy
Mount Holyoke College |
| http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~wwschonb/ |
| Whit Schonbein (Ph.D. Washington University in St.
Louis, 2002) is interested in questions concerning the structure
of cognition,
viable models of that structure, and the relationship between explanations
in cognitive science and the metaphysics of mind. |
| Dr. Daniel A. Weiskopf, Assistant
Professor |
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Department of Philosophy
University of South Florida |
| http://luna.cas.usf.edu/~weiskopf/ |
| Daniel Weiskopf (Ph.D. Washington University in St.
Louis, 2003) specializes in the Philosophy of Mind, the Philosophy
of Cognitive Science, and the Philosophy of Language. |
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