Consciousness

The University of Arizona has been a pioneering force in the development of consciousness studies in the early 90s. Still today, its world-renowned Center for Consciousness Studies is a unique research center focusing on interdisciplinary study of consciousness and neighboring phenomena such as perception, emotion, and self-consciousness. Leading researchers in the departments of Psychology, Philosophy, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Mathematics cooperate regularly and work with graduate students on independent and collaborative research. Cogntive Science faculty interested in consciousness include:

• Allen, John (PhD Minnesota), Professor, Psychology, clinical psychology, psychophysiology, neuropsychology
• Horgan, Terry (PhD University of Michigan), Professor, Philosophy, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, phil. of language, epistemology, decision theory
• Ismael, Jenann (PhD Princeton), Associate Professor, Philosophy, dynamical systems, situated cognition, self-organization, reduction and emergence
• Kaszniak, Alfred W. (PhD University of Illinois), Professor, Psychology, neuropsychology, memory and aging
• Kriegel, Uriah (PhD Brown University), Assistant Professor, Philosophy, consciousness and self-consciousness
• Nichols, Shaun (PhD Rutgers), Professor, Philosophy, experimental philosophy, cultural evolution, free will, and cognitive theories of the imagination