Mog Stapleton

Background:

I completed my PhD in Philosophy of Cognitive Science under the supervision of Andy Clark at the University of Edinburgh. My main philosophical influences have been Andy Clark's approach to embodied cognitive science and Evan Thompson's enactive philosophy of mind in life. I was drawn into the area of philosophy of cognition, emotion and the body as an undergraduate as a result of reading Antonio Damasio's book Descartes' Error. Since then I have alternately been exploring research in philosophy, cognitive science, and neuroscience to get a better understanding of the bodily and emotional contribution to cognition and experience.

From January 2017-September 2019 I was a postdoc at the Eidyn Research Centre, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh where I taught undergraduate and masters level classes, supervised postgraduate students and worked on Eidyn research projects, such as the Philosophy, Science, and Religion MOOC and the Edinburgh Philosophy in Prisons project. From April-December 2016 I held a Teach@Tübingen Postdoctoral Fellowship hosted by the Philosophy of Neuroscience Group, Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen. From December 2015-March 2016 I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Programme at the University of Macau (SAR, China). Prior to this I worked as a postdoc/assistant professor in Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Stuttgart.

My current CV can be viewed here.