Kathleen Akins
Canadian philosopher
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| Intro | Canadian philosopher | |
| Places | Canada | |
| is | Philosopher Educator | |
| Work field | Academia Philosophy | |
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Biography
Kathleen Akins is Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. She is James S. McDonnell Centennial Fellow in Philosophy of Science and a Burnaby Mountain Endowed Research Professor. Currently her primary area of research is Neurophilosophy.
She is particularly famous for two articles: "Of Sensory Systems and the "Aboutness" of Mental States" and "What is it like to be boring and myopic", her response to Nagel's What is it like to be a bat?.
Notable publications
- Brook, Andrew, and Kathleen Akins, eds. Cognition and the brain: The philosophy and neuroscience movement. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Akins, Kathleen. "Of sensory systems and the "aboutness" of mental states." The Journal of Philosophy (1996): 337-372.
- Akins, Kathleen. "What is it Like to be Boring and Myopic?." (1993).