Welcome
Welcome to the website of Dr. Kathleen Akins and The Neurophilosophy Research Group at Simon Fraser University.
"Neurophilosophy" is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of philosophy and the neurosciences. In neurophilosophy, we attempt to understand how various traditional, long-standing problems about the nature of the mind and the world can be resolved (or at least nudged towards resolution) by current findings within the neurosciences. In this group, we use current research within neurophysiology, neuropsychology, neurethology and psychophysics in order to understand the nature of perception, cognition, consciousness, the emotions and mental representation in general.
Kathleen Akins is a James S. McDonnell Centennial Fellow in the field of Philosophy of Science, a Burnaby Mountain Endowed Research Professor, and a member of the Philosophy Department. After a long absence from academia due to illness, most of which was spent sitting in bed and waiting for a diagnosis, Dr. Akins is now happy to be back at SFU. For details about Dr. Akins' current research, courses and graduate students in neurophilosophy, please use the menu tabs, above.
NEWS ..... (updated May 9, 2011)
ANNOUNCEMENT: PHIL 467/805 will meet in the 5th Floor Philosophy Conference Room, West Mall Complex. Classrooms in the Academic Quadrangle are closed for re-furbishing.
Just up... The webpage for The Philosophy and Science of Colour, Phi 467/805. Summer 2011.
Click HERE
ANNOUNCING... A new workshop/conference this summer in Vancouver, B.C. August 4-7th
More or Less: Varieties of Human Cortical Colour Vision
For full details, click on conference/workshop website link: Cortical Colour Conference
