 | I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science;in Sydney and the Berlin School of Mind and Brain. For the reason on the right I am currently on leave. I received my PhD in Philosophy from Adelaide University in July 2007. Before that I did a BA (hons) in Philosophy and a BSc in Psychology at the University of New South Wales. I am married to;Glenn Carruthers;and we have three parrots;Raul;(an Indian Ringneck) and;RJ and CC;(peachfaced lovebirds). You really should listen to the music of;Gomez;and;My Friend the Chocolate Cake |  |
Research
| My research interests lie at the intersection between cognitive science, philosophy of science and philosophy of mind. I aim both to put philosophical theories to the empirical test and to show how empirically inspired theories can help solve the problems of traditional philosophy of mind. My two main areas of research are: (1) the metaphsyics of mind. Particularly showing that the correct scientific metaphysics is one in which there is explicable emergence and that the connectionist can avoid the problem of mental causation. (2) Mental representation and consciousness. Particularly: showing how adopting a vehicle theory of consciousness enables us to make progress on solving the hard problem of consciousness; gathering evidence that a vehicle theory of consciousness is correct (by demonstrating that phenomenal consciousness is independent of access) and; finding evidence that the mind represents via resemblance. In addition to this I am also collaborating with Glenn Carruthers examining the compatibility of common intuitions about consciousness on cognitive theories of consciousness. PublicationsJournals Schier, E. (2009).
"Identifying Phenomenal Consciousness." Consciousness and Cognition 18(2) pp.216-22 online here Schier, E. (2008). "The
Knowledge Argument and the Inadequacy of Scientific Knowledge." Journal of Consciousness Studies 15(1): 39-62. online here Schier, E. (2007)
‘The Represented Object of Colour Experience’ Philosophical Psychology 20(1) 1-27 online here Edited Conference Proceedings Conference Proceedings Schier, E. (2011) Commentary on Seppalainen’s ‘Hypothetical Identities and Chimerical Reductions’ 3rd Online Consciousness Conference http://consciousnessonline.wordpress.com/ Schier, E. (2010). The Explicable Emergence of the Mind. ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science. W. Christensen, E. Schier and J. Sutton. Sydney, Australia, Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science.: 306-310. Online version Schier, E. (2008) ‘Making the Mind Higher-Level’ Contributions of the Austrian Wittgenstein Society. , A. Hieke and H. Leitgeb, Editors. Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society: Kirchberg am Wechsel, p.295-7 online version Book Reviews Schier, E. (2009) ‘Paul Coates The Metaphysics of Perception’ The Australasian Journal of Philosophy 87(4) 689-90 |