Published multiple papers including 'Pain Asymbolia Is Probably Still Pain' (with Alexandre Duval), 'Phenomenal interface theory: a model for basal consciousness' (with Andrew Barron), 'Computational Individuation: Isomorphism, not Indeterminacy', and 'Represented structure versus representational structure: A challenge for interpreting LLMs'. Also involved in several ongoing research projects.
Research Experience
Before joining ANU, he taught at Macquarie University and was a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Consciousness at ANU. His first job was at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Education
Undergraduate degree from Franklin and Marshall College, PhD from Princeton University.
Background
Professor in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University, lead CI in the Digital Trust Research Group, member of the ANU Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences, and a section editor for The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Research interests include philosophy of cognitive neuroscience, pain perception, consciousness, computation, reduction, and realization, social epistemology, and ethics.
Miscellany
Developed ngramminator, a tool for cross-text comparison, focusing on classical Chinese.