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Johan Heemskerk

I am PhD student at the University of Warwick. I work in both Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Cognitive Science, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience. I am currently trying to construct an informational teleosemantic theory of representational content by critically analysing cognitive science. I also have an interest in Aesthetics, especially the epistemic value of literature.

I am currently working on a paper responding to Frances Egan's worry that representational content attributions in cognitive science are non-realist.

Office Hours

Office hours for PH133 Introduction to Philosophy are Monday 14:00-16:00

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Recent Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

Aesthetic Alchemy: Feature Construction and Conceptual Enrichment through Literature
Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 33
2021

Book reviews

Metapsychology of the Creative Process
Jason Brown
Philosophical Psychology, Volume 33, Issue 4, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2020.1743259

Recent conference talks

2023 · Prague · European Society of Philosophy of Psychology
Title: Can We Extract a Theory of Content from Cognitive Science?


2023 · Vienna · European Congress of Analytic Philosophy
Title: Theory or Gloss: Can We Extract a Theory of Content from Cognitive Science?

2023 · Bristol · British Society of the Philosophy of Science
Title: Can We Extract a Theory of Content from Cognitive Science?

2023 · Sofia · Naturalism in Philosophy
Title: Naturalistic Theory or Gloss? On the viability of psychosemantic methodology

2022 · Uppsala · Aesthetic Perception & Cognition
Title: Aesthetic Alchemy: Feature Construction and Conceptual Enrichment through
Literature