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) 353-2392
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-current Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
2005-2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College
2006 NEH Summer Seminar in Mind & Metaphysics, Washington University in St. Louis
2000-2005 Adjunct Lecturer, Rutgers University-Newark
1986-1997 Newswoman, The Associated Press (Caracas, Seattle, New York)
Selected Publications
MIND AND METAPHYSICS
"Semantics and Metaphysics in Informatics: Towards an Ontology of Tasks" (forthcoming). Topics in Cognitive Science.
Neuroscience and the Multiple Realization of Cognitive Functions (2010). Philosophy of Science vol. 77 no. 3 (July), 419-456.
“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.
MEDIA ETHICS
Objectivity in the News: Finding a Way Forward (2010). Journal of Mass Media Ethics vol. 25 no. 1, 19-33.
Is Objective News Possible? (2010). In Christopher Meyers, ed., Journalism Ethics: A Philosophical Approach (New York: Oxford University Press), 153-164.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
"Is Mechanistic Explanation of Mind Possible?"
"What is the 'Cognitive' in Cognitive Neuroscience?"
“What is a Piece of Mind?”
“Operationalizing Cognitive Ontologies"
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