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Kenneth W Williford

Associate Professor
Last Updated: September 17, 2020
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Research Interests

Research Interests
Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology Areas of Competence: Logic, History of Modern Philosophy

Teaching Interests

Teaching Interests
Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Logic, History of Modern Philosophy

Education

Education

    • 2003 PhD in Philosophy
      University of Iowa, 2003
    • 2000 MA in Philosophy
      University of Iowa, 2000
    • 1995 BA in Philosophy
      The University of Texas at Arlington, 1995

Appointments

Appointments

    • 2007 to 2009 Visiting Assistant Professor
      Philosophy, University of Iowa (IA)
    • 2004 to 2009 Assistant Professor
      Philosophy, St Cloud State University (St Cloud)
    • Jan 2009 to May 2009 Visiting Assistant Professor
      Cinema and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa
    • 2003 to 2004 Visiting Assistant Professor
      Philosophy, University of Iowa

Memberships

    • Jan 2012 to Present Southern Society for Philosophy & Psychology
      The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology was founded in 1904. Its purpose is to promote philosophy and psychology by facilitating the exchange of ideas among those engaged in these fields of inquiry, by encouraging investigation, by fostering the educational function of philosophy and psychology, and by improving the academic status of the subjects.

Awards and Honors

    • Dec  2008 Graduate Neuroscience Program Scholarship sponsored by University of Iowa
    • Dec  2005 Postdoctoral Fellowship sponsored by Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée (CREA)
    • Dec  2003 Disinguished Dissertation Award sponsored by University of Iowa Graduate Deans

Support & Funding

Support & Funding

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    • Dec 2011 to Dec 2012 Conference on Austrian Thought sponsored by  -  $8000
      Kenneth Williford (Funded)

Publications

Presentations

    • March  2018
      Williford, KennethW, "Consciousness, Subjectivity, and Projective Geometry", Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, San Antonio, Texas. (March 17, 2018).
    • December  2017
      Williford, KennethW, "Kalecki, Right-Wing Populism, and the Specter of Fascism", UT Arlington. (December 6, 2017).
    • November  2017
      Williford, KennethW, "Neurophenomenology and Self-Consciousness". (November , 2017).
    • November  2017
      Williford, KennethW, "Self-Acquaintance, ‘Mineness’, and the First-Person Perspective", organized by Katharina Kraus and Maik Niemeck at Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN. (November 10, 2017).
    • March  2017
      Williford, KennethW (Discussant), Delancey , Craig , Wysocki, Tomek , "Commented on Consciousness as Complex Event and Vision Deranged", Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, Georgia . (March 24, 2017).
    • September  2015
      Williford, KennethW, "Phenomenology Naturalized?", Department of English and the Department of Philosophy, UT Arlington . (September 21, 2015).
    • July  2015
      Williford, KennethW, "Neurophenomenology and the Neural Correlates of Consciousness", Grenoble, France. (July 22, 2015).
    • April  2015
      Williford, KennethW (Discussant), "Commented on The Temporal Structure of Experience: Against the Atomism/Extensionalism Debate", New Orleans, Louisiana . (April 4, 2015).
    • April  2015
      Williford, KennethW, "Phenomenological Undecidability", Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana . (April 4, 2015).
    • March  2015
      Williford, KennethW (Discussant), "Commented on Moral Blindness and Kant’s Universalizability Test", Memphis, Tennessee. (March 14, 2015).
    • March  2015
      Williford, KennethW, "Phenomenological Undecidability", Memphis, Tennessee . (March 14, 2015).
    • October  2014
      Williford, KennethW, "Consciousness and Self-Acquaintance", University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa. (October 30, 2014).
    • April  2014
      Williford, KennethW, "Self-consciousness, Subjectivity and Projective Geometry", Tucson, Arizona. (April 26, 2014).
    • March  2014
      Williford, KennethW, "Consciousness and Self-Acquaintance", TCU Campus, Ft. Worth, Texas. (March 29, 2014).
    • October  2013
      Williford, KennethW (Discussant), Legrant , Peter , Phillips , Kristofer , "Commented on There is no History of Philosophy, only Philosophy", Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, Oklahoma. (October 5, 2013).
    • September  2013
      Williford, KennethW, "Subjectivity and the Sense of Space", Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. (September 6, 2013).
    • March  2013
      Williford, KennethW (Author & Presenter), "Consciousness, Sensory Qualities, and Asymmetry", Paris, France. (March 13, 2013).
    • March  2013
      Williford, KennethW (Author & Presenter), "Consciousness, Sensory Qualities, and Asymmetry", Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. (March 11, 2013).
    • March  2013
      Williford, KennethW (Author & Presenter), "Commented on Can We Empirically Refute the Zombie Argument?", Austin, Texas. (March 2, 2013).
    • November  2012
      Williford, KennethW, "Towards a quasi-Husserlian Theory of Sensory Content", UT Arlington campus. (November 3, 2012).
    • September  2012
      Williford, KennethW, "Subjectivity and the Functions of Self-Consciousness & Exploring the Geometry of Consciousness", Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany. (September 9, 2012).
    • September  2012
      Williford, KennethW, "Subjectivity and the Functions of Self-Consciousness & Exploring the Geometry of Consciousness", Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany. (September 6, 2012).
    • April  2012
      Williford, KennethW, "Introspection, Invariance and Ignorance", Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. (April 21, 2012).
    • April  2012
      Williford, KennethW, "Introspective Invariance and Introspective Ignorance: Undermining the Modal Arguments for Dualism", Tucson, Arizona. (April 14, 2012).
    • March  2012
      Williford, KennethW, "Higher Order Representation without Representation", The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, Georgia. (March 11, 2012).
    • March  2012
      Williford, KennethW, "Introspective Completeness and the Metaphysics of Consciousness", The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Savannah, Georgia. (March 11, 2012).
    • September  2011
      Williford, KennethW, "Phenomenology, Naturalism, and the Cogito", Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia. (September 22, 2011).
    • April  2011
      Williford, KennethW, "Sartre, Hallucination, and the Imaginary", University of Kent, Canterbury, England. (April 3, 2011).
    • March  2011
      Williford, KennethW, "Self-Representationalism and the Problems of Subjectivity", University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee . (March 5, 2011).
    • September  2010
      Williford, KennethW, "Pre-Reflective Self-Consciousness and the Autobiographical Ego", Paris, France. (September 21, 2010).
    • July  2010
      Williford, KennethW, "Spinoza and Functionalism", UTA. (July 15, 2010).
    • April  2010
      Williford, KennethW, "Sartre’s Ego and Damasio’s Selves: From Phenomenology to Neuroscience", The University of Iowa. (April 26, 2010).
    • April  2010
      Williford, KennethW, "Consciousness and its Selves: Subjectivity and the Autobiographical Ego", ” with David Rudrauf and Carissa Philippi, oral presentation, Tucson, Arizona . (April 17, 2010).
    • April  2010
      Williford, KennethW, "Three Concepts of Self-Consciousness", The North Texas Philosophical Association, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. (April 10, 2010).
    • November  2009
      Williford, KennethW, "Subjectivity and the Transcendence of the Ego", Cardiff University, Wales. (November 18, 2009).
    • November  2009
      Williford, KennethW, "Sartre’s Ego and Damasio’s Selves: From Phenomenology to Neuroscience", UT Arlington. (November 13, 2009).
    • October  2009
      Williford, KennethW, "Means-Ends Coherence and Unmodifiable Intentions", DeKalb, Illinois. (October 10, 2009).
    • December  2008
      Williford, KennethW, "Transparency, Representationalism, and the Grain Problem", The University of Iowa. (December 5, 2008).
    • September  2008
      Williford, KennethW, "Self-Representation and the Transparency of Consciousness", St. Paul, Minnesota . (September 27, 2008).
    • September  2008
      Williford, KennethW, "The Self-Awareness Thesis: what it is, what it isn’t, and how to test it empirically", The University of Iowa. (September 17, 2008).
    • April  2008
      Williford, KennethW, "Self-Representationalism and the Problems of Subjectivity", Tucson, Arizona . (April 11, 2008).
    •  2007
      Williford, KennethW, "The Logic of Phenomenal Transparency", The Central States Philosophical Association, Des Moines, Iowa . ( , 2007).
    • October  2007
      Williford, KennethW, "Naturalizing Consciousness: Facing the Problem of Subjectivity", The University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium . (October , 2007).
    • June  2007
      Williford, KennethW, "The Logic of Phenomenal Transparency", Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan. (June , 2007).
    • March  2007
      Williford, KennethW, "Philo’s Stealthy Spinozism", Rotterdam. (March , 2007).
    •  2006
      Williford, KennethW, "Self-Representationalism and the Problems of Subjectivity", Ames, Iowa . ( , 2006).
    • March  2006
      Williford, KennethW, "The Logic of Phenomenal Transparency", The University of Minnesota, Duluth. (March , 2006).
    • December  2005
      Williford, KennethW, "Between Zahavi and Brentano", Expérience Subjective Préréflexive et Action , Paris, France . (December 14, 2005).
    • October  2005
      Williford, KennethW, "The Logic of Phenomenal Transparency", St. Paul, Minnesota. (October 22, 2005).
    • October  2005
      Williford, KennethW, "Why Neural Synchrony Fails to Explain the Unity of Visual Consciousness", St. Paul, Minnesota . (October 22, 2005).
    • June  2005
      Williford, KennethW, "The Logic of Phenomenal Transparency", École Polytechnique, Paris, France . (June 28, 2005).
    • May  2005
      Williford, KennethW, "La structure auto-représentationnelle de la conscience et la régression à l’infini", École Polytechnique, Paris, France. (May 31, 2005).
    • May  2005
      Williford, KennethW, "The Self-Representational Structure of Consciousness", University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. (May 7, 2005).
    • March  2005
      Williford, KennethW, "Consciousness, Knowledge and Representation", Tucson, Arizona . (March , 2005).
    • October  2004
      Williford, KennethW, "The Dispositionalist HOT Theory and Phenomenal Consciousness", Iowa City, Iowa. (October , 2004).
    • October  2003
      Williford, KennethW, "The Self-Referential Structure of Consciousness", École Polytechnique, Paris, France . (October 24, 2003).
    • October  2003
      Williford, KennethW, "Berkeley’s Theory of Meaning in Alciphron VII", Rennes, France . (October 23, 2003).
    • February  2003
      Williford, KennethW, "The Intentionality of Consciousness and Consciousness of Intentionality", University of Texas at Arlington. (February 7, 2003).
    •  2002
      Williford, KennethW, "Moore, the Diaphanousness of Consciousness, and Physicalism", Philadelphia. ( , 2002).
    •  2002
      Williford, KennethW, "Moore, the Diaphanousness of Consciousness, and Physicalism", Central States Philosophical Association, Columbia, Missouri. ( , 2002).
    •  2002
      Williford, KennethW, "Moore, the Diaphanousness of Consciousness, and Physicalism", Iowa Philosophical Society , Pella, Iowa. ( , 2002).
    • June  2002
      Williford, KennethW, "The Intentionality of Consciousness and Consciousness of Intentionality", Miskolc, Hungary. (June 23, 2002).
    • June  2002
      Williford, KennethW, "The Self-Consciousness of Consciousness", École Polytechnique, Paris . (June 4, 2002).
    • June  2002
      Williford, KennethW, "The Self-Consciousness of Consciousness", Barcelona. (June 3, 2002).
    • April  2002
      Williford, KennethW, "Moore’s Characterization of Consciousness and the Limits of the Phenomenological Ontology of Mind", Iowa City, Iowa. (April 13, 2002).
    • April  2002
      Williford, KennethW, "The Self-Consciousness of Consciousness", Tucson, Arizona . (April 12, 2002).
    •  1999
      Williford, KennethW, "Consciousness, Paradox, and Well-Founded Representations", Iowa Philosophical Society, Iowa City, Iowa. ( , 1999).
    • July  1999
      Williford, KennethW, "Berkeley’s New Theory of Vision and the two Introductions to the Principles", Tenth International Congress on the Enlightenment , Dublin, Ireland . (July , 1999).
    • July  1999
      Williford, KennethW, "New Theory of Vision ", Tenth International Congress on the Enlightenment , Dublin, Ireland. (July , 1999).
    • April  1999
      Williford, KennethW, "Berkeley, Emotive Meaning, and Apologetics", Newport, Rhode Island. (April , 1999).
    • March  1999
      Williford, KennethW, "Berkeley’s Theory of Operative Language in the Manuscript Introduction", Chicago, Illinois. (March , 1999).

Courses

      • PHIL 4387-002 TOPICS VAL TH
        (Topic: Money, Debt & Power | Course Id: 105935)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • PHIL 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • PHIL 1304-001 MORAL PROBLEMS
        (Course Id: 105885)
        Summer - Five Week - Second - 2020
      • PHIL 4388-001 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: 20th Cent French Philosophy II | Course Id: 105936)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • PHIL 4388-001 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: Sartre & Existentialism | Course Id: 105936)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • PHIL 1304-001 MORAL PROBLEMS
        (Course Id: 105885)
        Summer - Five Week - Second - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • PHIL 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019
      • PHIL 2311-006 LOGIC
        (Course Id: 105897)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • PHIL 2311-007 LOGIC
        (Course Id: 105897)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • PHIL 4391-006 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2018
      • PHIL 1304-001 MORAL PROBLEMS
        (Course Id: 105885)
        Summer - Five Week - Second - 2018
      • PHIL 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2018
      • PHIL 5391-001 CONFERENCE COURSE PHILOSOPHY
        (Course Id: 105945)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2018
      • PHIL 5392-001 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
        (Course Id: 105946)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • PHIL 4388-002 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: Capitalism and Its Critics | Course Id: 105936)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • PHIL 6394-001 TOPICS SYSTEMATIC PHILOSOPHY
        (Topic: Neurophenomenology | Course Id: 110854)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • PHIL 2300-001 INTRO TO PHIL
        (Course Id: 105893)
        Summer - Five Week - Second - 2017
      • EDUC 5364-001 EPISTEMOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
        (Course Id: 111592)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • PHIL 4394-001 SENIOR THESIS
        (Course Id: 105939)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • PHIL 4388-001 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: Violence and Revolution | Course Id: 105936)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • EDUC 5361-001 INTRO EDUCATION NEUROSCIENCE
        (Course Id: 111589)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • PHIL 4388-002 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: 20TH Century French Thought | Course Id: 105936)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • ENGL 4337-001 TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LIT
        (Topic: 20TH Century French Thought | Course Id: 104474)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • PHIL 4391-002 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2016
      • PHIL 4391-003 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2016
      • PHIL 2300-001 INTRO TO PHIL
        (Course Id: 105893)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2016
      • EDUC 5364-001 EPISTEMOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
        (Course Id: 111592)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • PHIL 4380-001 PHENOMENOLOGY
        (Topic: Consciousness&Neurophenomenolo | Course Id: 111560)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • PSYC 4359-001 SELECT TOPIC PSYCHOLOGY
        (Topic: Consciousness&Neurophenomenolo | Course Id: 108758)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • PHIL 4394-001 SENIOR THESIS
        (Course Id: 105939)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • PHIL 2314-001 PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE & MATH
        (Course Id: 111788)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • PHIL 4388-002 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: Existentialism | Course Id: 105936)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • PHIL 2300-001 INTRO TO PHIL
        (Course Id: 105893)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2015
      • PHIL 4391-001 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • EDUC 5364-001 EPISTEMOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
        (Course Id: 111592)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • PHIL 3321-001 PHIL LANGUAGE
        (Course Id: 105915)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • PSYC 4361-001 READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY
        (Course Id: 108760)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • PHIL 5392-002 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
        (Topic: Hist & Phil of Neuroscience | Course Id: 105946)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • PSYC 4361-001 READINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY
        (Course Id: 108760)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • PHIL 4388-001 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: Hist & Phil of Neuroscience | Course Id: 105936)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • PHIL 3317-001 INTERMEDIATE LOGIC
        (Course Id: 105911)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • PHIL 4394-003 SENIOR THESIS
        (Course Id: 105939)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • PHIL 2314-001 PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE & MATH
        (Course Id: 111788)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • PHIL 4388-001 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: Buddhist Philosophy | Course Id: 105936)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2013
      • HUMA 5391-001 CONFERENCE COURSE HUMANITIES
        (Course Id: 107194)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • EDUC 5364-001 EPISTEMOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
        (Course Id: 111592)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • PHIL 4389-002 TOPICS SOC SCI
        (Topic: Theories of Consciousness | Course Id: 105937)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • PHIL 2314-001 PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE & MATH
        (Course Id: 111788)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • PHIL 4391-001 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2012
      • PHIL 5392-001 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
        (Topic: Evolution and Design | Course Id: 105946)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2012
      • PHIL 4388-001 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: Evolution and Design | Course Id: 105936)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2012
      • EDUC 5364-001 EPISTEMOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
        (Course Id: 111592)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • PHIL 3317-001 INTERMEDIATE LOGIC
        (Course Id: 105911)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • PHIL 4394-001 SENIOR THESIS
        (Course Id: 105939)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • HUMA 5698-004 THESIS
        (Course Id: 107197)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • PHIL 5393-001 PHIL PERSP ON THE HUMANITIES
        (Topic: Philosophy of Mind | Course Id: 105947)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • PHIL 4389-001 TOPICS SOC SCI
        (Topic: Philosophy of Mind | Course Id: 105937)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • PHIL 4391-001 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2011
      • PHIL 4389-001 TOPICS SOC SCI
        (Topic: Mysticism and the Brain | Course Id: 105937)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2011
      • PHIL 6394-001 TOPICS SYSTEMATIC PHILOSOPHY
        (Course Id: 110854)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2011
      • PHIL 4391-002 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • PHIL 5391-001 CONFERENCE COURSE PHILOSOPHY
        (Course Id: 105945)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • PHIL 5392-002 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
        (Course Id: 105946)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • PHIL 4388-001 TOPICS HIST PH
        (Topic: 20th Century Russian Thought | Course Id: 105936)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • PHIL 4391-002 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • PHIL 3317-001 INTERMEDIATE LOGIC
        (Course Id: 105911)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • PHIL 5393-001 PHIL PERSP ON THE HUMANITIES
        (Topic: Intermediate Logic | Course Id: 105947)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • PHIL 5391-001 CONFERENCE COURSE PHILOSOPHY
        (Course Id: 105945)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2010
      • PHIL 4391-001 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 105938)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • PHIL 5391-001 CONFERENCE COURSE PHILOSOPHY
        (Course Id: 105945)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • PHIL 5391-003 CONFERENCE COURSE PHILOSOPHY
        (Course Id: 105945)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • PHIL 2311-001 LOGIC
        (Course Id: 105897)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • PHIL 4394-001 SENIOR THESIS
        (Course Id: 105939)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • PHIL 5393-001 PHIL PERSP ON THE HUMANITIES
        (Topic: Philosphy of Mind | Course Id: 105947)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2009
      • PHIL 4394-001 SENIOR THESIS
        (Course Id: 105939)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2009
      • PHIL 4389-001 TOPICS SOC SCI
        (Topic: Philosophy of Mind | Course Id: 105937)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2009

Service to the University

    • Sept 2009 to  Present Chairperson
      Philosophy & Humanities