Frances Egan

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Frances Egan
Philosophical work
Institutions Rutgers University
Main interests Philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science, psychological explanation

Frances Egan is a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. [1] [2] She has authored a number of articles and book chapters on philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, and perception. [1]

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Education and career

Egan graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1976 with a B.A. in philosophy. [1] She received a Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1988. [1] She has taught at Rutgers University since her appointment as an assistant professor in 1990. [1] Besides her Rutgers appointment, she is also an associate editor of Noûs, a quarterly journal of philosophy. [1]

Research areas

Egan's principal research interests are in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and foundations of cognitive science. [2] [3] Her work focuses on the nature of psychological explanation, and on the relationship between folk explanation and scientific explanation. [2] She is known for her work on the role of representational content in computer models of mind. [3] [4] She argues that computational models of mind do not require meaning ascriptions, and that meaning ascriptions should be viewed as helping to connect the formal characterization of a computational theory with our intuitive belief that mental processes are intentional. [3] She has also written on vision, including the history of vision. [1]

Awards and fellowships

Egan has received a number of awards including research fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld, Germany. [1] She is the recipient of the 2021 Jean Nicod Prize. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Egan, Frances. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Egan, Frances". Rutgers University. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Marshall, Richard. "meaning as gloss". 3am magazine. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Piccinini, Gualtiero (2009). "Computationalism in the Philosophy of Mind". Philosophy Compass. 4 (3): 515–532. doi:10.1111/j.1747-9991.2009.00215.x. ISSN   1747-9991.
  5. ↑ "Conférences et Prix Jean-Nicod 2021". Institut Jean Nicod. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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