Iris Oved
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence
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Current Position: Computing Innovations Fellow, University of Arizona, Computer Science/SISTA
Ph.D.: 2009, Rutgers University, Philosophy (under Jason Stanley)
Cognitive Science Certificate: 2005, Rutgers University (under Matthew Stone)
B.A.: 2001, University of Arizona, Interdisciplinary Studies (under Merrill Garrett)
Research Background and Interests:
My background and interests are at the intersection of the Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Cognitive Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence. I work with computer scientists, roboticists, and developmental psychologists at the University of Arizona to explore a range of topics that include: concept acquisition, the connections between perception, language, and thought, Bayesian information gathering, hypothesis-formation and testing, and inference to the best explanation.
My Dissertation: Baptizing Meanings for Concepts
Published Papers:
Iris Oved and Ian Fasel (2011). Philosophically Inspired Concept Acquisition for Artificial General Intelligence. Proceedings of The
Fourth Conference on Artificial General Intelligence.
Iris Oved and Terry Horgan (2010). Commentary on John Pollock's "Probability for AI". APA Newsletter on
Philosophy and Computing.
Iris Oved. (2009) Baptizing Meanings for Concepts. Proceedings of the Twentieth Midwest Artificial
Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference. Fort Wayne, Indiana. April 18-19. Pg 104-109
Indiana. April18-19. Pg 104-109. MAICSpaper.doc
David DeVault, Iris Oved, and Matthew Stone. (2006) Societal Grounding is Essential to Meaningful
Language Use. Proceedings of the Twenty-First National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI-06). Boston,July2006. PDF here
John Pollock and Iris Oved. (2005). Vision, Knowledge, and the Mystery Link.
Philosophical Perspectives. Pg 309-351. Blackwell.PDF here
David DeVault, Natalia Kariaeva, Anubha Kothari, Iris Oved, and Matthew Stone. (2005).
An Information-State Approach to Collaborative Reference. Association for Comutational
Linguistics. Proceedings Companion Volume, Interactive Poster and Demo Track. Pg1-4.
University of Michigan, June 2005. PDF here
Iris Oved. (1999). Computing Transcendental Functions. (With Alexander Perlis).
Recent Talks:
Iris Oved (2011). Computing Joint Conditional Probabilities. John Pollock Memorial Session. American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting.
Iris Oved (2010). Baptizing Meanings for Concepts. Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 2010. Portland, Oregon.
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Posters:
Iris Oved (2007). Improving the Conceptual Chemistry between Empiricism andNativism. Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 2007 (Presented June 2007, Toronto, Canada).
Iris Oved (2006). Exploring the Role of Qualia in the Intentionality of Thought. Toward aScience of Consciousness, 2006. (Presented April 2006, Tucson, Arizona) Poster Prize.
Iris Oved, Linda W. Norrix, and Merrill F. Garrett. (2000) Identity priming using McGurk stimuli as primes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol 108, No. 5, p.2482 (Presented December 2000, Newport Beach, CA).
Linda W. Norrix, Iris Oved, and Lawrence D. Rosenblum. (2000) Auditory-visual context effects in a speech and nonspeech condition. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Vol. 107, No.5, pg. 2887. (Presented May 2000, Atlanta, Georgia).
Courses:
Consciousness and Cognition. Phil/Psych 241. Spring 2012, U. of Arizona consciousness and cognition
Philosophy and the Arts. Phil 263. Spring 2009, Rutgers University
Architectures of Aboutness. CS 500. Fall 2008. Rutgers University (co-taught with Matthew Stone)
Introduction to Logic. Phil 201. Fall 2008, Rutgers University
Philosophy of Psychology. Phil 328. Spring 2008, Rutgers University PhilPsychology
Minds, Machines, and Persons. Phil 329. Fall 2007, Rutgers University Minds Machines Persons 2007
Philosophy of Psychology. Phil 328. Spring 2007, Rutgers University Syllabus
Introduction to Logic. Phil 201. Fall 2006, Rutgers University Syllabus
Minds, Machines, and Persons. Phil 329. Spring 2006, Rutgers University Syllabus
Theory of Knowledge. Phil 220. Fall 2005, Rutgers University Syllabus
Introduction to Philosophy. Phil 104. Spring 2004 (Teaching Assistant), Rutgers UniversityIntroduction to Philosophy. Phil 104. Fall 2003 (Teaching Assistant), Rutgers University
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