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Larry Kaye, PhD

  • Senior Lecturer (Mind, Science, Analytic, Kant)
  • Telephone: 617-287-6534
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall,05,00039

Areas of Expertise

Philosophy of mind/cognitive science, Kant, epistemology (esp. perception), philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science

Degrees

PhD, MIT, 1990

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • "The Languages of Thought," Philosophy of Science (1995)
  • "The Computational Account of Belief," Erkenntnis (1994)
  • "Are Most of Our Concepts Innate?" Synthese (1993)

Additional Information

Using ideas from contemporary cognitive psychology, I am developing a reading of Kant’s Transcendental Deduction of the Categories. I am also applying Kant’s views of the unity of conscious to contemporary investigations into consciousness. And I am working on an account of a (roughly Lockean) theory of indirect perception, renovated for current cognitive science. I direct departmental advising.

COURSES TAUGHT

Introduction to Philosophy
Logic
Kant’s Critical Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Contemporary Analytic
Philosophy of Science
Consciousness

 

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