Who is Justin Sytsma?

I am a graduate student in the department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

 
Interests

Philosophy of Mind & Consciousness

Philosophy of Psychology, Neuroscience,
& Cognitive Science

Early Modern Philosophy
(especially Descartes, Leibniz, Berkeley)

Wittgenstein

 
Current Projects

Articulating and evaluating calls for
a "science of consciousness";

Assessing the empirical prospects for
finding the NCC (Neural Correlates of
Consciousness);

Is there a folk concept of phenomenal
consciousness? (with E. Machery)

Understanding the commonsense
conception of colors, pains.

Assessing cultural variation in intuitions about reference. (with J. Livengood)

news

Justin will give a featured
presentation on "The Proper
Province of Philosophy" at the
1st Annual Interdisciplinary
Approach to Philosophical
Issues conference in
September; will discuss
"The Case of the Divergent
Descriptions" at the 24th
Regional Conference on the
History and Philosophy of
Science in October; and will
ask, "Is phenomenal
consciousness a problem
for the brain sciences?"
at the 2008 PSA biennial
meeting in November.

Justin has been awarded
the William James Prize
at the 2008 Society for
Philosophy and Psychology
conference.

"How to study Folk
Intuitions about Phenomenal
Consciousness" by J. Sytsma
& E. Machery has been
accepted for publication in
Philosophical Psychology.

Justin has been selected as
the teaching mentor for TAs
& TFs in the HPS department for a second year.