Dave Ward

Course: PhD (submitted and passed in 2009)

Start date: 2004

Supervisors: Andy Clark and Pepa Toribio

External PhD Examiner: Prof. Mohan Matthen (Toronto)

Research Interests

Philosophy of mind and cognitive science, Pragmatism

Thesis topic

An enactive account of visual experience

Previous degrees

• 2003-2004: MLitt Philosophy (with Distinction), University of St Andrews
• 1998-2002: MA Philosophy, University of St Andrews

Publications

• "The Agent in Magenta: Action, Colour and Consciousness", (2009) PSYCHE Vol.15 (1). pdf
• "Deflationism about Qualia", in McHugh and Di Nucci (eds) 'Content, Consciousness and Perception', Cambridge Scholar Press, 2008

Recent presentations

• 'Simulation, Shared Circuits and Stuff', ESF Summer school on social cognition and intersubjectivity, San Marino, July 2008.
• 'On Thinking Before You Act: A Dilemma for Enactivism Resolved', PPNB Graduate Conference, University of Edinburgh, June 2008.
• 'Sifting/Sorting and Sensorimotor Stories of Seeing: Synaesthetic Sensations and Special Spectacles', Rudolf Carnap lectures and Graduate
  Conference, University of Bochum, February 2008.
• 'The Structure of Consciousness in the Split-Brain', RISC Summer School on Action and Consciousness, Cargese, July 2007.
• 'Action, Perception and the Two Streams', PPNB Graduate Conference, University of Bristol, April 2007.

Teaching

• Lecturer, The Early Continentals: Hegel and Nietzsche.
• Tutor, Introduction to philosophy, Philosophy 2A.

Awards

• CNCC Essay award for junior scholars, for "The Agent in Magenta", June 2008.
• Essay prize at the Rudolf Carnap lectures and graduate conference, University of Bochum, for "Sifting/Sorting and Sensorimotor Stories of
  Seeing: Synaesthetic Sensations and Special Spectacles", February 2008.