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Adam J. Arico
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Philosophy
University of Arizona
SBS 208
1145 E. South Campus Blvd
Tucson AZ 85721-0027
email: arico@u.arizona.edu

Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science

Areas of Competence
Philosophy of Psychology, Moral Psychology

Education

    University of Arizona
Ph.D     (expected 2011)
Dissertation: TBA
Director: Shaun Nichols

    University of Missouri-St. Louis       (2004-2006)
MA Student
MA Thesis: "Anti-Individualism and Rationality"
Committee: Gualtiero Piccinini (chair), Berit Brogaard, Robert Gordon

    University of Missouri-St. Louis       (2000-2003)
B.A., Philosophy
B.A., Psychology
Minor: Classical Studies

Presentations
"The Folk v. Acme Corp: Deregulating Corporate Consciousness"
      2nd Annual Tucson Roundtable in Experimental Philosophy, Tucson, AZ, May 2008

"Folk Psychology of Consciousness"
      Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 2008

"Folk Psychology of Consciousness"
      Center for Consciousness Studies, Tucson, AZ, February 2008

"Deregulating Corporate Consciousness: A Critique of Knobe and Prinz's 'Intuitions About Consciousness'"
      Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Toronto, CA, June 2007 (poster)

"The Cognitive Aspect of Rawls' Original Position"
      Central States Philosophical Association, Lexington, KY, October 2005

"The Intentionality of Indexicals: Internalism vs. Externalism"
      Northwest Student Philosophy Conference, Bellingham, WA, May 2005

Works in Progress
"The Folk Psychology of Consciousness" (w/ Brian Fiala, Rob Goldberg, & Shaun Nichols)

"The Cognitive Science of Political Ideologies"

"The Folk v. Acme Corp: Deregulating Corporate Consciousness"

Positions Held

  Teaching
University of Arizona
As Primary Instructor:
      Philosophy and Psychiatry, Summer 2008

As Teaching Assistant:
      Individuals and Societies (instructor: Shaun Nichols), Fall 2007

As Grader:
      Knowledge and Cognition (instructor: Joseph Tolliver), Spring 2008

University of Missouri - St. Louis
As Primary Instructor:
      PHIL 1160: Logic & Language, Summer 2006
      PHIL 1091: Significant Figures in Philosophy (telecourse), Summer 2005
      HONORS 1201: Cultural Traditions II - Critical Thinking, Spring 2005 and Spring 2006

As Grader:
      PHIL 1150: Major Questions in Philosophy (instructor: Andrew Black), Fall 2004, Fall 2005