Richard started following the work of Adrian Currie, The Australian National University, Philosophy.
Richard started following the work of Philip Quadrio, The University of New South Wales, School of History and Philosophy.
Richard started following the work of Alessandra Tanesini, Cardiff University, School of English, Communication and Philosophy.
Richard Some forthcoming publications for 2012/3: 1.Cognitive Practices and Cognitive Character in Philosophical Explorations; 2. Cognitive Transformations and Expertise in Educational Philosophy and Theory... more
Faculty Member, Philosophy
Macquarie University, Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
About
I read for a BA in philosophy at the University of Ulster, an MSc in Cognitive Science at the University of Birmingham and then a PhD in philosophy at King's College London. I have taught philosophy at the University of Kent, Birkbeck College Faculty of Continuing Education and as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire and then at the University of Wollongong.
My Research interests include:
Philosophy of Mind – especially narrative approaches to the self
Philosophy of Cognitive Science – especially embodied and extended cognition
Pragmatism - especially C.S. Peirce
Wittgenstein
Aesthetics
Virtue theory as it applies to both ethical and cognitive aspects of the individual.
I can supervise PhD theses in these areas.
My main current research interest concerns extended mind style arguments, my own take on which I call cognitive integration. According to which the real pay-off from extended mind style arguments is not a new form of externalism in the philosophy of mind, but rather a view in which the ‘internal’ and ‘external’ aspects of cognition are integrated into a whole. I argue for this thesis in my book Cognitive Integration: Mind and Cognition Unbounded.
I am the lead investigator for the Australian Research Council ‘Embodied Virtues and Expertise’ Discovery project (2010-2013) awarded $293,000. The research team includes: Prof. Shaun Gallagher, Prof. Daniel Hutto, Prof. Christopher Winch, Dr. David Simpson.
