Peter Mandik Professor • Department of History, Liberal Studies & Philosophy View CV Professor (Full), Department of Philosophy, William Paterson University; Ph.D. (2000), Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis. Professional Interests My research concerns points of intersection between philosophy of mind and the cognitive sciences, especially neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. I am primarily interested in naturalistic accounts of consciousness and intentionality. My main lines of research to date have focused largely on three areas: (1) neurophilosophical explanations of phenomenal consciousness, (2) artificial-life experiments on the evolutionary emergence of representational content, and (3) the role of action-oriented representations as the basis for enactive cognition and perception. My most recent directions for exploration are: type-Q materialist (Quinean) explanations of consciousness, especially conscious color vision; alternate architectures for posthuman minds (alternate minds in a hypothetical post-singularity era); and analytic philosophy of mind approaches to meditation. Other Interests Visual art, especially painting, comic illustration, and graphic design French Degrees PhD Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program, Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO Specialization Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science Representative Publications This is Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction, Second Edition; Oxford; Wiley-Blackwell; 2022 https://www.wiley.com/en-us/This+Is+Philosophy+of+Mind%3A+An+Introduction%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781119718888?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic&HootpostID=cbe6e734-b840-44ef-8e23-ed61474a910d&Profile=philosopherseye Key Terms in Philosophy of Mind; New York, NY; Continuum; 2010 How Philosophy of Mind Can Shape the Future; Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries; 2018 Metaphysical Daring as a Posthuman Survival Strategy; , Midwest Studies In Philosophy; Volume 39, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/misp.12040 Media Episode 89: Pete Mandik | Mind https://youtu.be/UuzSgXcKZyc Notable Courses Taught Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Space and Time Email 973 720 2173 310 Grant Hall By appointment
