AREAS OF STUDY
SPECIALIZATION: Philosophy of mind, cognitive science, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science of religion, aesthetics
COMPETENCE: Philosophy of religion, philosophy of mysticism, ancient philosophy, metaphysics (personal identity), epistemology, experimental philosophy, Descartes, Hume, cognitive anthropology, anthropological structuralism, classical mythology, Latin, ancient Greek
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Books |
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Manuscript in Production |
The Cognitive Naturalness of Afterlife Beliefs |
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Journal Articles |
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Manuscript in Production: |
Theory of Mind, Mind-Body Dualism, and their (Mis)Application in the Cognitive Science of Religion |
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Forthcoming |
On Imagining the Afterlife. Journal of Cognition and Culture. |
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Forthcoming |
Context Sensitivity and the Folk Psychology of Souls: Why Bering Et. Al. Got the Findings They Did. Issues in Science and Theology, 13. |
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2011 |
Why Immortality Alone Will Not Get Me to the Afterlife. Philosophical Psychology, 24(3), 395-410. |
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2008 |
Descartes Mistake: How Afterlife Beliefs Challenge the Assumption That Humans Are Intuitive Cartesian Substance Dualists. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 8(3-4), 387-415. |
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Presentations |
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2010 |
Offline Social Reasoning as the Cognitive Mechanism for Afterlife Beliefs:
Why Bering Et. Al Got the Findings They Did. Paper presented at the XIIIth European Conference on Science and Theology, Edinburgh, UK |
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2005 |
Stoicism, Cosmic Nature and Trust Paper presented at the Phi Sigma Tau Student/Faculty Colloquium, University Of Texas Arlington. |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & RELATED EXPERIENCE
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Category Editor for Philpapers.org |
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2010-Present |
Referee/Reviewer for Philosophical Pscyhology. |
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2010-Present |
Referee/Reviewer for International Journal for the Psychology of Religion |
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2000-2003 |
Events Coordinator/Columnist for The Philosophers' Magazine |
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1999-2004 |
Founder/Executive Editor for The Examined Life Online Philosophy Journal |
HONORS & AWARDS
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2010 |
Full Attendance Scholarship for the XIIIth European Conference on Science and Theology, Edinburgh, UK. Provided by the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) |
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2006-2009 |
Postgraduate Research Studentship Queen's University Belfast |
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2003 |
The Douglas Britt Carvey Memorial Prize University of Texas Arlington |
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2003-Present |
Phi Sigma Tau National Honor Society for Philosophical Studies University of Texas Arlington |
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1996-1997 |
The Jack Thomas and Janice N. Holmes Scholarship University of Texas Arlington, Twice Awarded, Excellence in Classical Studies |
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1996-1997 |
UTA Academic Excellence Scholarship University of Texas Arlington, Twice Awarded |
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1996 |
Founding President of Zeta Rho Chapter of Eta Sigma Phi National Honor Society for Classical Languages, University of Texas Arlington |
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1996-Present |
Eta Sigma Phi National Honor Society for Classical Languages, University of Texas Arlington |
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