aesthetics, philosophy of mind
Secondary Areas of Interest:
epistemology (esp. perception), metaphysics (esp. ontological dependence), later Wittgenstein
I have also started to develop an interest in phenomenology as well as embodied, situated, and enactive approaches to the mind and perception.
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Selected Publications
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(2009a). "Still Epiphenomenal Qualia: Response to Muller." Philosophia, 37 (1): 105–107. (With reply from Muller.)
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(2009b). "The Epistemic Status of Photographs and Paintings: A Response to Cohen and Meskin." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 67 (2): 230–235. (With reply from Cohen and Meskin.)
Reviews:
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(2008a). "Review of U. Meixner. 2004. The Two Sides of Being: A Reassessment of Psycho-Physical Dualism. Paderborn. Mentis." Philosophical Psychology 21 (2): 291-294.
Papers in progess and under review include:
- Neuroimages as Photographs
- In Defence of Fictional Incompetence
- What's Really Wrong With Photographic Transparency
- Paper on enactivism and pictorial experience
- Paper on photographs as facilitators of Dretskean displaced perception
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Presentations
I have presented papers at:
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The British Society of Aesthetics' Annual Conference (in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009).
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The Open Session of the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association (in 2008).
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The American Society for Aesthetics' Annual Meeting (in 2008).
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The British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference (in 2009).
I have also presented papers at graduate conferences held at the universities of Durham, London, Manchester (Open Minds), Nottingham, Southampton and Warwick (MindGrad 2008).
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