Anthony F. Beavers, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy / Director of Cognitive Science

The University of Evansville

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Contacts
Office: Olmstead Hall 342     Email: tb2@evansville.edu
   
Phone: 812-488-2682  
 

Office Hours

M & F 1:00-1:50; Tu 5:00-5:50; W 12:00-1:50 & 3:00-4:50; by appointment please

Spring 2010

COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science

PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy

COGS 498h: Seminar in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology -- Artificial Intelligence and Human Cognition

Computer Science Senior Project Supervisor: Guy Wyant, "Dynamic Associative Networks and the Search for Initial Intelligence" (working title).

Undergraduate Programmer Supervisor: Guy Wyant and Joshua Woody, "Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project" (Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities).

Fall 2009

COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science - Syllabus

PHIL 111: Freshman Seminar: Kantian Ethics - Syllabus

PHIL 311: Phenomenology and Existentialism - Syllabus

PHIL 359h: Seminar: Kant's Critical Philosophy - Syllabus

Independent Study in Philosophy: Jesse Miller, "Kantian Ethics" - PHIL 491h

Independent Study in the Philosophy of Cognitive Science: Shane Reuter, "Is Commonsense Psychology Commonsensical? An Experimental Approach to the Question of Folk Psychology" - COGS 499h

Cognitive Science Senior Project Supervisor: Jareth Purcell,"Philosophy and Folk Psychology: Some Contemporary Perspectives" (working title) - PHIL 499

Cognitive Science Senior Project Supervisor: Rikki Weger, "The New Eliminativism and Its Implications for Autism Research" (working title) - PHIL 499

Computer Science Senior Project Supervisor: Guy Wyant, "Dynamic Associative Networks and the Search for Initial Intelligence" (working title).

Undergraduate Programmer Supervisor: Guy Wyant and Joshua Woody, "Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project" (Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities).

Spring 2009

On Leave for a Digital Humanities Fellowship - No courses

Computer/Cognitive Science Senior Project Supervisor: Michael Zlatkovsky, "Modeling and Visualizing Dynamic Associative Networks: Towards Developing a More Robust and Biologically-Plausible Cognitive Model," Undergraduate Conference in Math, Engineering and Science, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana, April 4th, 2009. See the companion website for details.

Fall 2008

On Leave for a Digital Humanities Fellowship - No courses

Computer/Cognitive Science Senior Project Supervisor: Michael Zlatkovsky, "Modeling and Visualizing Dynamic Associative Networks: Towards Developing a More Robust and Biologically-Plausible Cognitive Model."

Spring 2008

COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science - Syllabus

PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy  - Syllabus

PHIL 359h: Seminar: Kierkegaard's Stages on Life's Way - Syllabus

Cognitive Science Senior Project Supervisor: Jonathan Clucas, "Cognitive Transfer Via Analogical Reasoning: Applying Lessons to the Wason Selection Task," National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, April 10th - 12th, 2008.

Fall 2007 COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science - Syllabus

PHIL 301h: Seminar: Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience - Syllabus

PHIL 311: Phenomenology and Existentialism - Syllabus

Cognitive Science Senior Project Supervisor: Jonathan Clucas,"Cognitive Transfer Via Analogical Reasoning: Applying Lessons to the Wason Selection Task."

Spring 2007 COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science - Syllabus

PHIL 111: Critical Thinking and Philosophy - Syllabus

PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy - Syllabus

PHIL 491h: Seminar: Philosophical Anthropology - Syllabus

PHIL / REL 499: Senior Seminar

Fall 2006 COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science - Syllabus

PHIL 301h: Seminar: Plato's Psychological Dialogues - Syllabus

PHIL 311: Phenomenology and Existentialism - Syllabus

PHIL / REL 499: Senior Seminar - Syllabus

Independent Study in the Philosophy of Cognitive Science: Dirk Eichhorn, "Andy Clark on Embodied and Embedded Cognition" - PHIL 491

 

Courses

(partial list)

Introduction to Cognitive Science, Introduction to Philosophy, Symbolic Logic, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Modern European Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics, Kantian Ethics, Kant's Critical Philosophy, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Plato's Psychological Dialogues (Symposium, Phaedrus, Republic & Phaedo), Plato's Republic, Plato's Later Dialogues (Parmenides, Theatetus, Sophist & Statesman), Plato and Nietzsche, Heidegger's Being and Time (graduate), Heidegger's Nietzsche, Kierkegaard's Stages of Life's Way, Kant and the Problem of Ethical Metaphysics (Kant and Levinas), Philosophy and the Judeo-Christian Tradition, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Computation and Cognition, Artificial Intelligence and Human Cognition, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Information Technology