CARRIE FIGDOR
Department of Philosophy
260 English-Philosophy Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1408
Email: carrie-figdor@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-0093
Fax: (319) 353-2322
Education
Ph.D., 2005, City University of New York Graduate Center
Dissertation fellowship, 2002-2003; writing fellowship, 2000-2002
M.A., 1997, City University of New York Graduate Center
Teaching fellowship, 1997-2000
B.A., 1981, Swarthmore College, Political Science (Honors)
Professional History
2007- Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
2006 NEH Summer Seminar in Mind & Metaphysics, Washington University in St. Louis
2005-2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College
2000-2005 Adjunct Lecturer, Rutgers University-Newark
1986-1997 Newswoman, The Associated Press (Caracas, Seattle, New York)
Publications
“Is Objective News Possible?” (forthcoming), in Christopher Meyers, ed., A Philosophical Approach to Journalism Ethics (Oxford University Press).
“Semantic Externalism and the Mechanics of Thought” (2009). Minds & Machines vol.19 no. 1 (February), 1-24.
“Intrinsically/Extrinsically” (2008). The Journal of Philosophy vol. 105 no. 11(November), 691-718.
“Can Mental Representations Be Triggering Causes?”, Consciousness and Emotion 4:1 (2003), 43-61.
“Using Essay Exams to Teach and Not Merely to Assess”, in T. Kasachkoff, ed., Teaching Philosophy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), 48-60.
Works In Progress
“Neuroscience and the Multiple Realization of Cognitive Functions” (under review)
“Is Objective News Possible?” (version for philosophers)
“A Deep Confusion in Massive Modularity”
“What is a Piece of Mind?”
