David Leech Anderson
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David Leech Anderson
DAVID LEECH ANDERSON
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Illinois State University
EDUCATION
1980-87Harvard University (Ph.D, 1987) Philosophy & Religion
1976-78Harvard Divinity School (M.T.S., 1978), History of Religions
1972-75Whitman College (B.A., 1975), Philosophy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1988-Illinois State University
PresentAssistant Professor and Associate Professor
Philosophy 101: Introduction to Philosophy; Philosophy 120: Philosophy of Religion; Philosophy 138: Moral & Social Values; Philosophy 220: Religion, Reason & Faith; Philosophy 251: Visions of the Self;Philosophy 315: Topics in Philosophy, Science and the Mind (TOPIC: Consciousness); Philosophy 350.04: Topics in the History of Philosophy: John Locke; Philosophy 361: Theory of Knowledge; Philosophy 389: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence; IDS 202: The Mystery of the Mind, Persons & Androids; IDS 265: Introduction to Cognitive Science.
1987-88University of Southern California
Mellon Fellow & Visiting Professor
Religion 455: Philosophy of Religion: Bases of Belief & Disbelief
Religion 499: Honors Seminar: The Nature of Truth
PUBLICATIONS
“Consciousness and Realism”Journal of Consciousness Studies(January/February 2007) Vol. 14, No.1-2: 1-17, Special Issue on the Concepts of Consciousness: Integrating an Emerging Science.
“Why God Is Not a Semantic Realist,” in Realism and Antirealism, edited by William P. Alston Cornell University Press: Ithica, NY, 2002.
“Hilary Putnam,” entry in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2nd Edition, 1999.
“A Dogma of Metaphysical Realism”American Philosophical Quarterly (January1995)
32:111.
“What is the Model-theoretic Argument?” The Journal of Philosophy (June 1993)
XC:311-322.
PUBLICATIONS (cont.)
“What is Realistic About Putnam's Internal Realism?” Philosophical Topics (1992)
20(1):49-84.
PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS
“Saving the Epistemic Without Losing the World”, Invited Colloquium, Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology in Freiburg, Germany, October 30, 2007.
“Interactive Computer-based Cognitive Science Curriculum” an All-Day Workshop at the Cognitive Science Society Meetings in Nashville, TN Aug 1, 2007.
“The Mind Project's Interactive Online Curriculum Modules, Student Research Projects, and Digital Publishing”North American Computing and Philosophy Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, July 28, 2007.
Poster Presentation: “The Mind Project's K-12 Initiative in Cutting Edge Medical Science”, National Institute of Health, NCRR, SEPA Annual Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Oct 18-21, 2006.
“The Mind Project Learning Community,” with Robert Stufflebeam, American Association of Philosophy Teachers16th Biennial International Workshop/Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA, August 4, 2006.
“Teaching Courses on the Nature of Persons with AI Software, Robots & Virtual Labs,” with Robert Stufflebeam, American Association of Philosophy Teachers16th Biennial International Workshop/Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA, August 3, 2006.
“The Mind Project's Virtual Robotics Laboratory” (2-hour workshop) National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, Illinois State University School of Technology, April 28, 2006.
Invited Presentation “The Future of Cognitive Science Education” at the Cognitive Science Curriculum Workshop, in conjunction with the 7th International Conference of the Learning Sciences,Indiana University, June 27, 2006.
“Interdisciplinary Student Research Projects in Cognitive Science,”6th Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium, Illinois State University, January 11, 2006.
PRESENTATIONS (cont.)
“The Mind Project's Virtual Robotics Lab.” Two-hour workshop for high school technology teachers at the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE). Illinois State University, Turner Hall, April 22, 2005.
“Technical Writing & The Mind Project”Illinois Heartland Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, Normal Township, Normal IL. April 7, 2004.
“Semantic Externalism and the Possibility of Being Duped.” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 9, 2004.
Poster Presentation with Robert Stufflebeam on “The Mind Project Curriculum in the Cognitive Sciences” at Invention and Impact: Building Excellence in Undergraduate STEM Education, a National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Conference, April 1618, 2004, Arlington, Virginia.
“The MindProject Model of Cutting Edge Science, Math, and Technology” Illinois Science Teachers Association Annual Conference, Interstate Center, Bloomington, IL. July 13, 2004.
“The Human Mind as a Dynamical System” for the Physics Dept: Informal Seminar, Illinois State University, November 2004.
Poster: “The Mind Project Virtual Neuroscience Lab” at the Society For Neuroscience (SFN) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Oct 2327, 2004. (Poster was given by Felix Greco for the entire Virtual Neuroscience Lab team)
“Realism and Consciousness,”Concepts of Consciousness: Integrating an Emerging Science, Chateau Hotel, Bloomington, IL, November 1517, 2004.
“Ethics, Religion, and Metaphysics in an Age of Intelligent Machines,”Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, August 6, 2003.
“Chemistry Instruction in Interactive, Online Curriculum Modules,”Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers, October 10, 2003.
“Creating a Virtual Linguistics Department,”Normal Linguistics Roundtable, Illinois State University, April 18-19, 2003.
“Virtual Neuroscience Laboratories” Illinois State University, Neuroscience Colloquium, Friday, November 1, 2002.
PRESENTATIONS (cont.)
“The Role of Mathematics in the Mind Project’s Online Curriculum,” ISU Math Dept Colloquium, April 18, 2001.
Comments on Cherie McGill “The Logical Problem and Evil and Libertarian Free Will” Illinois Philosophical Association, DeKalb, Illinois, November 3-4, 2000
“Semantic Externalism and the Possibility of Being Duped”, Illinois State / Illinois Wesleyan Colloquium Series, November 19, 1999.
“Student-Faculty Research Projects” and “Teaching Cognitive Science” at the Workshop on Teaching Cognitive Science at the Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting, August 18-21, 1999, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
“Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence”, Association for Computing Machinery, Central Illinois Chapter Meeting, January 29, 1999, State Farm Corporate South, Bloomington, IL
“Interdisciplinary Student Research on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics,” with Ken Stier, 60th Annual Conference, International Technology Education Association, March 9, 1998, Fort Worth, TX.
“Robots and Virtual Persons: A Report on the PT Project, an Undergraduate Research and Curriculum Project in Cognitive Science,”Imaging the Mind: A Conference on Computing and the Cognitive Sciences, March 28, 1998, SUNY, Oswego.
“The Role of Robotics and Computer Simulations in the Philosophy of Mind”, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Research Group, May 1, 1998, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
“Computer Simulations, Robots, and Virtual Persons in Undergraduate Instruction” with John Barker, World Congress of Philosophy & 12th Annual Computing and Philosophy Conference, August 13, 1998, Boston MA.
“Robotics, the Internet and Instructional Technology”, with Ken Stier, 31st Annual Meeting of the National Association of Industrial Technology, October 23, 1998, Indianapolis, IN.
“Minds and Machines: Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and New Robotics” with Andy Clark (Washington University), National Honor Society Sixth Annual National Conference, November 15, 1998, Adams Mark Hotel, St. Louis. MO.
“Semantic Externalism and the Limits of Cartesian Reflection”, Annual Meeting of the Illinois Philosophical Association, Illinois State University, November 14-15, 1997.
PRESENTATIONS (cont.)
“It’s Not Easy Being a Metaphysical Realist. And That’s the Truth”, 44th Annual Wheaton Conference on “Realism & Truth”, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, October 23-25, 1997.
“The PT-Project: An Interdisciplinary Research-Oriented Curriculum (IRC) in Cognitive Science”, Faculty Summer Institute on Learning Technologies, Electronic Poster Session, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, May19, 1997.
“Assessing Functionalism using Computer Simulations and Robots”, Colloquium, Southeast Missouri State at Cape Girardeau, February 6, 1997.
“Computers, Minds and Androids: The PT-Project”, with H. McBurney (and undergraduates: B. Juelich, J. Nugent, G. Flint & M. Carlson), Computing and Philosophy Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, August 8-10, 1996.
“Solving Problems in Cybernetics”, with H. McBurney & J. Nugent. Illinois Future Problem Solvers Conference (Keynote Address), Illinois State University, May 1996.
“Designing Artificial Persons (robots) in AutoCAD: Meet the PT-Project” with H. McBurney. Illinois Drafting Educators Association (IDEA), Normal, IL, April, 1996.
“Computer Simulations and the Philosophy of Mind,” with John Barker (Southern Illinois University), Computing and Philosophy Conference, August 10-14, 1995, Carnegie Mellon University.
“Computer Simulations in Philosophy Instruction," with John Barker (Southern Illinois Univeristy, Edwardsville), The 10th International Workshop/Conference on Teaching Philosophy, August 4-7, 1994, Montreal, CANADA
“Locke, Kripke & Quantum Mechanics," National Endowment for the Humanties, Summer Seminar for College Teachers: "Reference, Language & Reality," The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, July 13, 1994.
“The Truth in Antirealism," Central Philosophical Association Meetings, April 30-May2, 1994, Kansas City, Missouri.
“How to Be an Ontological Realist and a Semantic Antirealist," Pacific Philosophical Association Meetings, March 29-31, 1994, Los Angeles, CA.
“The Truth in Antirealism," Illinois Philosophical Association Meeting, Illinois State University, November 5-6, 1993.
HONORS, AWARDS, & GRANTS (cont.)
National Institute of Health (NIH) Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)
Project: “The Mind Project’s Cutting EdgeHealth Science Initiative”
Award: $1.34 Million2006-2011
The Mind Project was designated as a “Program of Excellence” by the College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University.
Award: $20,000 2006-2010
Panel member for the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, Adaptation and Implementation (A&I) track. July 25-27, 2005, Washington D.C.
Panel member for the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, Adaptation and Implementation (A&I) track. February 47, 2004, Washington D.C.
National Science Foundation: Course, Curriculum & Laboratory Improvement Grant
Project: “The Mind Project Online Curriculum and Archive Project in the Cognitive & Learning Sciences”
2002-2006 Budget: $573,230
National Science Foundation: Course, Curriculum & Laboratory Improvement (Proof of Concept) Grant
Project: “The Mind Project Online Curriculum in the Cognitive & Learning Sciences”
2000-2001 Budget: $79,999
Illinois State University, Program For Undergraduate Learning Enhancement
Project: “An Undergraduate Research & Curriculum Project in Mobile Robotics”
Faculty Advisors: David Anderson, Anu Gokhale and Mary Elaine Califf
1998-99Award: $4000
Illinois State University, Program For Undergraduate Learning Enhancement
Project: “Launching the PT-Project’s Computer Vision Project” (with Gordon Redding, Janet Harman)
1997-98Award: $4000
Illinois State University, Program For Undergraduate Learning Enhancement
Project: “Launching the PT-Project’s Virtual Person Program” (with Ryan Brown)
1996-97Award: $4000
HONORS, AWARDS, & GRANTS (cont.)
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
Project: “The Limits of Realism and the Priority of the Epistemic”
1996-97Award: $20,000
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar for College Teachers
Topic: "Reference, Language & Reality," Director: Richard Mendelsohn,
Summer, 1994
Illinois State University TIP Grant - For Curriculum Development
July, 1992
Illinois State University URG Grant
July 1989, 1990 & 1995, 1996
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Southern California
1987-88Award: $25,000
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Philosophical Association
Illinois Philosophical Association
American Association of Philosophy Teachers
Cognitive Science Society
UNIVERSITY & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Director, The Mind ProjectComputer Network Representative
Director, Minor in Cognitive ScienceInstructional Technology Committee
Departmental Faculty Status CommitteeChair Search Committee
Departmental Curriculum CommitteeReligious Studies Minor Committee
Departmental Teaching CommitteeCognitive Science Minor Committee
Departmental Strategic Planning Committee