William Hirstein

William Hirstein (* in the USA ) is an American philosopher who mainly deals with the cognitive sciences , cognitive neuroscience , the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language . He is particularly known for his work on psychopathological confabulation . Hirstein teaches at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois , where he is also the director of the philosophy faculty.

academic career

Hirstein earned his Ph.D. in philosophy with Richard Wollheim at the University of California, Davis . After moving to the University of California, San Diego , under Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Patricia Churchland, he researched neurological syndromes that are associated with such confabulations, such as those observed in patients with split brain or Capgras syndrome , but which can also occur as a result of anosognosia . In collaboration with Ramachandran, there was also work on phantom pain and its treatment options.

Works

• On Searle , 2001, ISBN 978-0-534-57626-4
• On the Churchlands , 2004, ISBN 978-0-534-57627-1
• Brain Fiction: Self-deception and the riddle of confabulation ( online ), 2005, ISBN 0-262-08338-8
• Cognitive Science: An Introduction to Mind and Brain , 2006, ISBN 978-0-415-22101-6
• Confabulation: Views from Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Philosophy ( online ), 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-920891-3
• Mindmelding: Consciousness, Neuroscience, and the Mind's Privacy , 2012, ISBN 978-0-199-23190-4

Web links

• WilliamHirstein.com
• American Scientist Interview
• American Scientist Review of Brain Fiction: Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation
• Ramachandran, VS & W. Hirstein (1998), "The perception of phantom limbs: The DO Hebb lecture.", Brain 9 (121): 1603-1630 (PDF; 627 kB)
• VS Ramachandran and W. Hirstein, Three Laws of Qualia: What Neurology Tells Us about the Biological Functions of Consciousness, Qualia and the Self (PDF; 263 kB)
• W. Hirstein (2008): Mindmelding: Connected Brains and the Problem of Consciousness , Mens Sana Research Foundation Monograph ( Memento from February 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 181 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Elmhurst College - Faculty ( January 31, 2013 memento in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ UC Davis Philosophy Department PhDs ( Memento from September 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )