Metaphysics
Christian Leduc
History of modern philosophy, especially, Leibniz and the German Enlightenment (Wolff, Lambert, Kant), epistemology, and metaphysics.
"Leibniz and Sensible Qualities" to British Journal for the History of Philosophy, forthcoming, 2009. "Le commentaire leibnizien du 'De veris principiis' de Nizolius" to Studia Leibnitiana, forthcoming, 2008. “Définition et substance chez Locke et Leibniz” in Leibniz selon les Nouveaux Essais sur l’entendement humain, Paris : Vrin, 2006.
Gunnar Hindrichs
- Metaphysics
- Political Philosophy
- Aesthetics
I am primarily interested in metaphysics, political philosophy, and aesthetics. My book "Negatives Selbstbewusstsein" (2002) reflects upon Kant's theory of self-consciousness, and my book "Das Absolute und das Subjekt" (2008) deals with the tension between metaphysical and postmetaphysical thinking. I have edited a volume on Spinoza's political philosophy (2006) and, together with the late Ruediger Bubner, the proceedings of the International Hegel-Congress 2005. Currently, I am working on two major projects: on a study on the relation between naturalism and humanism, and on a philosophy of music.
Murad Akhundov
Susan Schneider
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania.
Faculty Member, Center for Neuroscience and Society, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS) and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN), University of Pennsylvania.
Fellow, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET).
I work mainly in philosophy of mind and metaphysics. I am now working on two projects. First, I am considering the scope and limits of cognitive science, and in particular, the plausibility of computational theories of mind. And second, I am rethinking the traditional positions on the mind-body problem, reframing conceptions of property dualism and physicalism.
Books:
- The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, (with Max Velmans), Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, January 2007, 768 pp.
- Science Fiction and Philosophy, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2009, 250 pp.
Some Recent Articles and Book Chapters:
- "The Nature of Symbols in the Language of Thought", Mind and Language, Winter, 2009.
- "LOT, CTM and the Elephant in the Room," Synthese, Winter, 2009.
- “The Language of Thought”, Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology, Paco Calvo and John Symons, eds. NY: Routledge, 2009.
- “Fodor’s Critique of the Classical Computational Theory of Mind” (with Kirk Ludwig), Mind and Language, 2008, 23, 2008.
- Transcending and Enhancing the Human Brain”, in Science Fiction and Philosophy. Reprinted in, Brains, Minds, Selves and Others, James Giordrano, ed., Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
- “Thought Experiments: Science Fiction as a Window into Philosophical Puzzles”, in Science Fiction and Philosophy, Susan Schneider, editor. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2009.
- "What is the Significance of the Intuition that the Laws of Nature Govern?" Australasian Journal of Philosophy, June, 2007, pp. 307-324.
- “Daniel Dennett’s Theory of Consciousness,” in The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, Jan. 2007, pp. 313-324.
- “Yes, It Does: A Diatribe on Jerry Fodor’s Mind Doesn’t Work that Way,” Psyche, Spring 2007, pp. 1-15.
- “Direct Reference, Psychological Explanation, and Frege Cases,” Mind and Language, Volume 20 Issue 4, September 2005, pp. 223-447.
James F. Ross
