Edouard Machery
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Edouard Machery | |
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| Alma mater | Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Ph.D.) |
| Region | Philosophy, cognitive science |
| Institutions | University of Pittsburgh |
Edouard Machery is a French-American philosopher and distinguished professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.[1]
Early life and education[]
Edouard Machery received a Ph.D. in philosophy at the Université de Paris-Sorbonne in 2004.[2]
Career and works[]
The research works of Edouard Machery are in philosophy, experimental philosophy, and cognitive science especially about concepts. According to his theory, the notion of concept is ill-suited for a scientific psychology. Therefore, he criticizes the neo-empiricist accounts of concepts. He has also worked on the experimental psychology, with a special focus on external validity and statistics. He has also worked on the theories of human cognition.[3]
His works are on various topics, including the processes as categorization and concept learning.[4] The experimental philosophy is another topic on which he has worked. He has used experimental and quasi-experimental methods in order to determine the characteristics of intuition and folk judgments about intentional action.[5]
Books[]
- Doing without concepts
- Philosophy within its proper bounds
Reviews of works[]
The works of Edouard Machery have been reviewed by other cognitive scientists.[6][7]
Awards[]
Edouard Machery was awarded the Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award by the Pittsburgh University in 2011.[8][9] He was also awarded the Stanton Prize by the Society for Philosophy and Psychology in 2013.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Website of the University of Pittsburgh, visited in 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ "Edouard Machery on the University of Pittsburgh website". Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ "Website of the University of Pittsburgh, visited in 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ Website of the University of Notre-Dame, visited in 2017
- ^ "Website of the University of Pittsburgh, visited in 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ Philosophical Reviews, 2009
- ^ critic on Machery's work, 2014
- ^ http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/About/director.html
- ^ https://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/chancellor-announces-2011-distinguished-research-awards
- ^ https://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/chancellor-announces-2011-distinguished-research-awards
External links[]
- Website of the University of Pittsburgh, visited in 2017.
- Website of the Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, visited in 2017
- Website of Edouard Machery
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