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Education |
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University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (Sept. 2003-Present)
-- PhD, History and Philosophy of Science (to be defended
Summer 2010)
-- MA, Philosophy (2008)
-- MA, History and Philosophy of Science (2006) |
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University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (1996-1999, 2003)
-- BS, Computer Science (2003; with honors, emphasis in AI)
-- Dual Major in Philosophy, Minor
in Psychology
-- BS, Neuroscience (1999) |
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Selected
Publications |
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Journal
Articles
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(forthcoming)
"Folk Psychology and Phenomenal Consciousness."
Philosophy Compass.

[abstract]
[preprint
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11. |
(forthcoming)
"A New Perspective Concerning Experiments
on Semantic Intuitions." Justin Sytsma and Jonathan
Livengood. Australasian Journal of Philosophy.

[abstract]
[preprint
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(forthcoming)
"Two
Conceptions of Subjective Experience." Justin
Sytsma and Edouard Machery. Philosophical Studies.

[abstract]
[preprint
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9. |
(forthcoming)
"Dennett's
Theory of the Folk Theory of Consciousness." Journal
of Consciousness Studies, 17(3-4).

[abstract]
[preprint
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(forthcoming)
"The Proper Province of Philosophy: Conceptual Analysis
and Empirical Investigation." Review
of Philosophy and Psychology.

[abstract]
[preprint
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7. |
(forthcoming)
"Philosophical
Temperament ." Jonathan Livengood,
Justin Sytsma, Adam Feltz, Richard Scheines, and Edouard Machery.
Philosophical Psychology.

[abstract]
[preprint
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(2009)
"Phenomenological Obviousness and the New Science of Consciousness."
Philosophy of Science,
76(5): 958-969.

[abstract]
[preprint
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5. |
(2009) "How to study Folk Intuitions
about Phenomenal Consciousness." Justin
Sytsma and Edouard Machery. Philosophical Psychology,
22(1): 21-35.

Author Posting. (c) Taylor & Francis,
2009. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted
here by permission of Taylor & Francis for personal use,
not for redistribution. The definitive version was published
in Philosophical Psychology, Volume 22 Issue 1, February 2009.
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515080802703653)

[abstract]
[preprint
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[article
]

a. Reprinted in: (in preparation) La Philosophie
Expérimentale. J. Dutant et al. (eds.), Paris:
Vuibert. (French translation.) |
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(2007) "Language Police Running Amok."
Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology,
27(1): 89-103. |
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(2007) "Neuroscience and Theoretical Psychology:
What’s to worry about?" Peter Machamer
and Justin Sytsma, Theory & Psychology,
17(2): 199-216. |
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2. |
(2005) "Knowing Causes: Descartes on the World
of Matter." Peter Machamer, J. E. McGuire, and
Justin Sytsma, Philosophica, 76: 11-44. |
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(2005) "Neuroscienze e natura della filosofia."
Peter Machamer and Justin Sytsma, Iride,
46: 495-514. (In Italian, translated by Alessandro Pagnini.)

a. Reprinted in: (2009)
"Philosophy and the Brain Sciences."
Peter Machamer and Justin Sytsma, Iris: European Journal
of Philosophy and Public Discourse, 1(2): 65-86. |
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Books
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1. |
(under contract)
"Experimental Philosophy: An Introduction and Guide."
Justin Sytsma and Jonathan
Livengood. Broadview
Press, Broadview Guides to Philosophy Series. |
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Selected
Presentations and Commentaries |
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Presentations
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10. |
"Searching for Evidence of Phenomenal Consciousness
in NCC Research"

Toward
a Science of Consciousness 2010, April 2010. |
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9. |
"The Proper Province of Philosophy"

a. American Philosophical
Association Eastern Division 106th Annual Meeting,
Experimental
Philosophy Society Group Session. December 2009.

b. 1st annual
Interdisciplinary Approach to Philosophical Issues Conference,
September
2008. Featured Presentation. |
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8. |
"Folk Psychology and Phenomenal
Consciousness"

Metro Experimental Research Group, Rutgers University,
September 2009.
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7. |
"A New Perspective
Concerning Experiments on Semantic Intuitions"

a. The
Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 35th Annual Meeting,
June 2009.

b. American
Philosophical Association Pacific Division 83rd Annual
Meeting,
April
2009 (presented by Jonathan Livengood).

c. Princeton-Rutgers
Graduate Conference, March 2009.

d. Western Michigan University
Second Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference,
December
2008.

e. 24th Regional Conference
on the History and Philosophy of Science,
October
2008.

Winner of the William James
Prize at SPP
2009:
This prize is awarded for the best contributed paper by a
graduate student. |
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6. |
"Dennett's Theory of the Folk Theory of
Consciousness"

a.
The
Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 35th Annual Meeting,
Poster
Presentation, June 2009.

b. Southern
Society for Philosophy and Psychology 101st Annual Meeting,
symposium
on Experimental Philosophy of Consciousness, April 2009.

c. Consciousness
Online: The First Cyber Consciousness Conference,
February
2009. |
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5. |
"Phenomenological
Obviousness and the New Science of Consciousness"

Philosophy
of Science Association biennial meeting, November
2008.
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4. |
"Two Conceptions of Subjective Experience"

a.
The
Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 34th Annual Meeting,
June 2008.

b. Toward
a Science of Consciousness 2008, Poster Presentation,
April 2008.

Winner of the William James
Prize at SPP
2008:
This prize is awarded for the best contributed paper by a
graduate student. |
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"How to study Folk Intuitions about
Phenomenal Consciousness."

Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 2007,
June 2007. |
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2. |
"Information Supply and Demand"

Cognitio, June 2007. |
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1. |
"Knowing Causes: Descartes on the World of
Matter"

a. Descartes Day II, May
2006, Featured Paper.

b. Descartes
& Pascal, Tampa/USF, January 2006. |
Teaching
Experience |
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Independent
Teaching
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Summer, 2009: Problem Solving:
How Science Works, Pittsburgh

(syllabus
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Spring, 2009: Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy
of Science, Pittsburgh

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Fall, 2008: Morality & Medicine,
Pittsburgh

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Spring, 2007: Principles of Scientific Reasoning,
Pittsburgh

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Fall, 2006: Problem Solving: How Science Works,
Pittsburgh

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Fall, 2005: Science & Psuedoscience,
Pittsburgh

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2001-2003: Instructor
(Web and Multimedia Programming), Electronic
Easel Training Center, St. Paul, Minnesota |
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1999-2003: Instructor
(Web and Multimedia Programming), Tempting Ideas , Minneapolis,
Minnesota |
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Teaching
Assistant
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Spring, 2006: Darwinism & its Critics,
TA for Professor Mitchell, Pittsburgh |
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Fall, 2004: Mind & Medicine,
TA for Professor Lennox, Pittsburgh |
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1997-1999: TA, General College Writing
Center, University of Minnesota |
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Service |
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2009 - 2012: Executive Committee,
PhilSci
Archive (three-year term starting August 2009), University
of
Pittsburgh |
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2009 - 2010: Referee, Society for
Philosophy and Psychology, 35th and 36th Annual Meetings |
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2009: Referee, Journal of Moral Philosophy |
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2009: Web Design/Development, Experimental
Philosophy Society |
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2006 - present: Web Design/Development,
Center
for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh |
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2006 - present: Organizer, History
and Philosophy of Science Graduate Student Work in Progress
Talks, University of Pittsburgh |
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2004 - present: Referee, Annual CMU/Pitt
Graduate Student Philosophy Conference |
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2005 - 2009: Archive Manager, PhilSci
Archive, University of
Pittsburgh |
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2008 - 2009: Mentor, Teaching Assistants
and Teaching Fellows in the Department of History and Philosophy
of Science, University of Pittsburgh |
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2008: Member of Local Arrangements Committee
and Liaison to History of Science Society office
for the Philosophy of Science Association Biennial
Meeting and History of Science Society Annual Meeting
(Pittsburgh, PA) |
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2007 - 2008: Mentor, Teaching Assistants
and Teaching Fellows in the Department of History and Philosophy
of Science, University of Pittsburgh |
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2005 - 2006: Webmaster, Department of
History and Philosophy of
Science, University of Pittsburgh |
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2005: Assistant to the Director, Center
for Philosophy of Science |
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2004 - 2005: Web Designer/Developer, 7th
& 8th Annual CMU / Pittsburgh Graduate Student Philosophy
Conference |
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Honors
& Awards |
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2009 - 2010: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion
Fellowship |
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2009: William James Prize, Society
for Philosophy and Psychology, 35th Annual Meeting (awarded
for the best contributed paper by a graduate student) |
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2009: Graduate Student Paper Prize,
American Philosophical Association Pacific Division 83rd
Annual Meeting |
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2008: Travel Award, 24th Regional
Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science |
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2008: William James Prize, Society
for Philosophy and Psychology, 34th Annual Meeting (awarded
for the best contributed paper by a graduate student) |
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2007 - 2008: Wesley Salmon Fund Grant,
University of Pittsburgh For experimental work on "The
Case of the Divergent Descriptions: An Experimental Investigation
of Semantics, Cross-Cultural Style" |
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Fall, 2008: GPSA Travel Grant, University
of Pittsburgh |
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Spring, 2008: GPSA Travel Grant, University
of Pittsburgh |
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2007 - 2008: Arts and
Sciences Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh |
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Spring, 2007: Letter
of Commendation for Teaching Evaluations, Department
of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
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Fall, 2007: GPSA Travel
Grant, University of Pittsburgh |
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2006: Faculty of Arts
and Sciences Travel Grant, University of Pittsburgh |
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2003 - 2004: Andrew Mellon
Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh |
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University
of Minnesota
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2003: Honors, Cum Laude, Institute
of Technology |
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1997 - 1999: Honors Program, College of
Biological Sciences |
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1998: Snyder Memorial Scholarship, College
of Biological Sciences |
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1998: Lando Scholarship in Computer Science,
Institute of Technology |
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1998: Grant in Biophysical Computation,
National Science Foundation and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute |
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1997: Grant in Scientific Computing & Graphics,
National Science Foundation and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute |
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1997: Lower-Division Honors, College of
Liberal Arts |
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