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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Philosophy of Mind:
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Computationalism and related issues such as the nature of information and representation when it comes to mental processes.​​
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Cognitive architecture
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The Language of Thought
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Related to computationalism, but more generally a metaphysical issue, the nature of physical computation
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Philosophy of Neuroscience:
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Computational explanation (much of my work centers around the use of computation in neuroscience)
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Mechanistic explanation
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Theory development
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Philosophy of Cognitive Science:
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The history of Cognitive Science
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Methodologies, inference, and theory development
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"Levels" of explanation and more generally (and metaphysically), the nature of explanation
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Marr's tri-level framework​
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Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence:
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The history of AI
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Epistemological issues with AI / The "knowledge problem"
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Relatedness to neuroscience (e.g. shared modeling strategies)
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Philosophical issues in philosophy of mind and AI
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