Jonathan David Trigg
| Full Name | Jonathan David Trigg |
| Academic Rank/Status | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| Working for AAU since | November 2017 |
| Academic positions held if any/ past and present | Teaching Assistant in Philosophy Edinburgh University 1993-2003
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The University of Louisiana at Lafayette 2003-2012 |
| Education attended | Edinburgh University 1988-1992 MA in philosophy
Edinburgh University 1993-1995 MSc in philosophy Essex University 1996-2003 PhD in philosophy |
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| Memberships of International bodies | Member American Philosophical Association 2003-2013 |
| Publicity: Journals, editorial roles, initiatives etc. | Referee for International Journal of Philosophical Studies |
| Research interest/ not more than hundred words | I use Husserl’s phenomenology and Wittgenstein’s later ‘ordinary language’ philosophy to attack basic commitments in contemporary philosophy of mind. What these two critical strategies have in common is a rejection of scientism – the view that the only legitimate way to understand ourselves and the world is through the application of the empirical methods of the natural sciences. Whether I can bring the two strategies together – whether I can make my Husserlian rejection of representational theories of perception cohere with my Wittgensteinian rejection of representational theories of mind and meaning – remains to be seen. |
| Publications on reputable journals | ‘Representation, Presentation and the Epistemic Role of Perceptual Experience.‘ International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 19: 1, 5 — 30. (2011)
‘Explaining How the Mind Works: On the Relation Between Cognitive Science and Philosophy.’ (second author M. Kalish), Topics in Cognitive Science, 3 (2011): 399–424. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01142.x/full ‘The Philosophy of Ordinary Language is a Naturalistic Philosophy.’ Essays in Philosophy Vol. 11: Iss. 2, Article 6, (2010) pp. 197-215. http://commons.pacificu.edu/eip/vol11/iss2/6/ Book Chapters ‘Thought, Language and Mental Representation’ (second author M. Kalish) in S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society , Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, 2010, pp.188-93. http://cogsci.syr.edu/papers/TriggK2010.pdf “Review of Alva Noe’s “Varieties of Presence”,” Essays in Philosophy: Vol. 14: Iss. 2, Article 11. (2013):303-322. |
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| Address | Campus: Main Campus
Building: NCR Floor number: 2. Office no. 203. Office telephone 251-11 1239747 Mobile University email ID Alternative email ID: jonathandavidtrigg@gmail.com |
