Michael L. Anderson, Ph.D.
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, PA 17604
University Of Maryland
michael -dot- anderson -at- fandm -dot- edu
College Park, MD 20742
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Michael L.
Anderson is Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science in the Department
of Psychology at Franklin &
Marshall College, and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Institute for
Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland, College
Park, where he is also a member of the Graduate Faculty in the
Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science.
He earned a B.S. with honors in pre-medical studies at the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. in
Philosophy from Yale University,
where he was a Sterling Prize Fellow. He was recently recognized
as an "emerging leader under 40" by the Renaissance Weekend, and
was one of only twenty people world-wide to be invited to attend the McDonnell Project in
Philosophy and the Neurosciences workshop for early career
researchers.
Dr. Anderson is author or co-author of over fifty scholarly and scientific publications in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind. His work has appeared in such journals as Artificial Intelligence, AI Magazine, Journal of Logic and Computation, The Neuroscientist, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Philosophical Psychology and Synthese. His best-known article, "Embodied Cognition: A Field Guide", was one of the most requested articles from Artificial Intelligence for 2003, 2004 and 2006, and has been adopted for courses in computer science, philosophy and psychology in several countries. Primary areas of research include an account of the evolution of the cortex via exaptation of existing neural circuitry (the "massive redeployment hypothesis"); the role of behavior, and of the brain's motor-control areas, in supporting higher-order cognitive functions; the foundations of intentionality (the connection between objects of thought and things in the world); and the role of self-monitoring and self-control in maintaining robust real-world agency. Before coming to Franklin & Marshall College, Dr. Anderson was a post-doctoral fellow in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, worked in industry as a Biomedical Systems Scientist and as an Applications Developer, and was a Tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. You can also go to Dr. Anderson's personal page. |