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Prof. Dr. Colin Allen

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPractical Philosophy
Keywordsphilosophy of cognitive science, animal mind, digital humanities, machine ethics, philosophy of artificial intelligence

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityPittsburgh
InstitutionUniversity of Pittsburgh
InstituteDepartment of History and Philosophy of Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Albert NewenInstitut für Philosophie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2010

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Colin Allen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bloomington, Indiana. He is well-known internationally for his outstanding research in animal mind, philosophy of biology and artificial intelligence. It is characteristic for his work that he combines philosophical analysis with empirical cognitive sciences, especially relying on recent developments in animal research and robotics. Important books are entitled "Species of the Mind", "The Cognitive Animal" and "Moral Machines". He is director of the Cognitive Science program as well as founder and organizer of the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. In 2008-2009 he was president of the Society for Philosophy & Psychology in the USA.