Research

Area of Specification

My research interests are primarily in interdisciplinary philosophy of mind and philosophy of (neuro)psychology and Artificial Intelligence. Topics of recent interest include the nature of social factors modulation cognitive processes, massive modularity, the role of emotions in different cognitive processes and the possibility of thought without language and metacognition.

Area of Specification

• Philosophy of Cognitive Science
• Philosophy of Mind and Psychology
• Philosophy of AI
• Philosophy of Neuroscience

Research Interests

• Evolutionary Psychology, massive modularity, adaptionism
• Rationality, reasoning and decision making
• Mental imagery, nonlinguistic thoughts
• Consciousness
• Emotion and affective states

Current research interests

• Decision making in complex social settings, behavioral game theory, strategic stinking in humans
• Metacognition, especially executive function and second order mindreading in social interactions
• The effects of digitalization on cognitive processes

Recent Research Projects

• ”Why Love Hurts: The Social Modulation of Pain”, cooperation with Katarina Fotopoulou (principal investigator) and Anne Springer, VW Grant for an interdisciplinary research project,
• ”Intuitions in Philosophical Theorizing”, cooperation with Henry Jackman, Seeds Grant York University