John Morrison

Affiliation

I am an assistant professor of philosophy at Barnard College, Columbia University. I will officially receive my PhD from NYU in September.

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Courses

I am teaching two courses next year: an introduction to logic in the fall (syllabus.pdf) and a graduate seminar on perception in the spring. In the fall I am also helping graduate students prepare for departmental colloquia and conferences. Students can earn an R credit by registering for G9890.

Research

My research is primarily in the philosophy of mind and the history of modern philosophy (esp. the seventeenth century). I also have strong secondary interests in the philosophy of language (esp. vagueness), epistemology and logic.

I am currently working on two projects. The first is about the way that we visually represent colors and locations. It draws heavily on empirical psychology, particularly psychophysics and cognitive psychology. The second is about the first two parts of Spinoza's Ethics. It focuses on why Spinoza presents certain claims as axioms.

Papers

• Color in a Physical World; appendix

• Spinoza on Causation and Cognition

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