America is thus as a nation rapidly drifting towards a state of things in which no man of science or letters will be accounted respectable unless some kind of badge or diploma is stamped upon him.
— William James, The Ph.D. Octopus

Philosophy

I've had a life-long love of philosophy, but it wasn't until my mid 30's that I learned that modern analytic philosophy was alive and thriving. Ever since, I've been committed to getting up to date on the academic literature with the hope of one day contributing. I study broadly, but with an emphasis on the philosophy of mind.

  1. reading

    I've Been Thinking

    Daniel C. Dennett

  2. Snow Crash

    Neal Stephenson

  3. The Meaning of "Meaning"

    Hilary Putnam

  4. Psychologism and Behaviorism

    Ned Block

  5. Monism: The Priority of the Whole

    Jonathan Schaffer

  6. Experimental philosophy and philosophical intuition

    Ernest Sosa

    Read for a philosophy event. I side with Sosa's position in this paper but don't believe that he goes far enough. It seems to me that experimental philosophy is a confused field.

  7. Things That Bother Me

    Galen Strawson

  8. Representation in Cognitive Sciences

    Nicholas Shea