Joshua Shepherd
Philosophy of Action; Philosophy of Mind; Applied Ethics; Philosophy of Cognitive Science
| Degrees: | M.A. (Colorado), Ph.D. (Florida State) |
| Email: | joshua.shepherd@carleton.ca |
| Office: | 3A61 Paterson Hall |
| Website: | Visit Joshua Shepherd's Website |
Associate Professor
On leave from 2023-2025
Office Hours:
Email for appointment.
Courses for 2022-23
- PHIL 2550: Moral Psychology
- PHIL 4220: Seminar in Philosophy of Mind or Cognition
- PHIL 5220: Topics in Philosophy of Mind or Philosophy of Language
Research Interests:
- Philosophy of Action
- Philosophy of Mind
- Applied Ethics
- Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Select Recent Publications
Bodily skill (forthcoming). Routledge Handbook of Bodily Awareness, Adrian Alsmith and Matthew Longo (eds.). Routledge.
Problems and mysteries of the many languages of thought, with Eric Mandelbaum, Yarrow Dunham, Roman Feiman, Chaz Firestone, E.J. Green, Daniel W Harris, Melissa M Kibbe, Benedek Kurdi, Myrto Mylopoulos, Joshua Shepherd, Alexis Wellwood, Nicolas Porot, Jake Quilty-Dunn (forthcoming). Cognitive Science
Intentional action and knowledge-centred theories of control, with J. Adam Carter (forthcoming). Philosophical Studies
Conscious cognitive effort and cognitive control (forthcoming). WIREs CognitiveScience.
Non-human moral status: Problems with phenomenal consciousness (2023). AJOB Neuroscience
Agency in educational technology: Interdisciplinary perspectives and implications for learning design, with Garvin Brod, Natalia Kucirkova, Dietsje Jolles, and Inge Mollenar (2023). Educational Psychology Review.
Knowledge, practical knowledge, and intentional action, with J. Adam Carter (2023). Ergo.
Disappearing agents, mental action, rational glue (2022). Mental Action, eds. Michael Brent and Lisa Miracchi. Routledge.
Practical structure and moral skill (2022). Philosophical Quarterly. DOI: 10.1093/pq/pqab047.
Flow and the dynamics of conscious thought (2022). Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s11097-021-09762-x.
Human brain organoids and consciousness, with Takuya Niikawa, Yoshiyuki Hiyashi, and Tsutomu Sawai (2022). Neuroethics 15(5). DOI: 10.1007/s12152-022-09483-1.
Human brain organoids and consciousness, with Takuya Niikawa, Yoshiyuki Hiyashi,
and Tsutomu Sawai (2022). Neuroethics 15(5). DOI: 10.1007/s12152-022-09483-1.
Mapping the ethical issues of brain organoid research and application, with TsutomuSawai, Yoshiyuki Hyashi, Takuya Niikawa, Elizabeth Thomas, Hideya Sakaguchi,Momoko Watanabe, Tsung-Ling Lee, and Alexandre Erler (2021). AJOB Neuroscience.DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2021.1896603.
Unconscious perception and central coordinating agency, with Myrto Mylopoulos (2021).Philosophical Studies 178: 3869-3893.
The moral status of conscious subjects (2021). Rethinking Moral Status, Stephen Clarke,
Hazem Zohny and Julian Savulescu (eds.). Oxford University Press
Skill and sensitivity to reasons (2021). Review of Philosophy and Psychology 12: 669-681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-020-00515-4
Intelligent action guidance and the use of mixed representational formats, (2021).Synthese 198: 4143-4162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1892-7
Determinism and attributions of consciousness, with Gunnar Björnnson, (2020).Philosophical Psychology 33(4): 549-568.
The targets of skill and their importance (2020). Routledge Handbook of Skill, Ellen
Fridland and Carlotta Pavese (eds.). Routledge.
Inhibitory control and self-control, with Alejandra Sel (2020). Surrounding Self-Control,
Alfred Mele (ed.). Oxford University Press
Agentive phenomenology, with Myrto Mylopoulos (2020). Oxford Handbook of the
Philosophy of Consciousness, Uriah Kriegel (ed.). Oxford University Press.
Consciousness and morality, with Neil Levy (2020). Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy
of Consciousness, Uriah Kriegel (ed.). Oxford University Press.
Disability and wellbeing: The bad and the neutral (2020). Oxford Handbook of
Philosophy of Disability, Adam Cureton and David Wasserman (eds.). Oxford University
Press.