Research Background and Interests: My background and interests are at the intersection of the Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence. My work centers at the topic of intentionality/aboutness/meaningfulness --mental representations seem to be about things in a way that non-mental things are not; what gives mental phenomena this characteristic property? I focus on the role of perceptual experiences in making conceptual thoughts meaningful. My method for developing a theory is to work with computer scientists to try to build a machine that has meaningful thoughts.
My CV: OvedCV2007.doc.
My Dissertation Abstract: Dissertation_Abstract5.pdf
Courses:
Philosophy of Psychology. Phil 328. Spring 2008, Rutgers University
Syllabus:
Course Web Page: PhilPsychology
Minds, Machines, and Persons. Phil 329. Fall 2007, Rutgers University
Syllabus:
Course Web Page: Minds Machines Persons 2007
Philosophy of Psychology. Phil 328. Spring 2007, Rutgers University
Introduction to Logic. Phil 201. Fall 2006, Rutgers Univeristy
Notes:
Minds, Machines, and Persons. Phil 329. Spring 2006, Rutgers University
Slides:
Theory of Knowledge. Phil 220. Fall 2005, Rutgers University
Notes:
Introduction to Philosophy. Phil 104. Fall 2004 (Teaching Assistant), Rutgers University
Introduction to Philosophy. Phil 104. Spring 2003 (Teaching Assistant), Rutgers University
Papers:
David DeVault, Iris Oved, and Matthew Stone. (2006) Societal Grounding is Essential to Meaningful
Language Use. Proceedings of the Twenty-First National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI-06). Boston,July2006. PDF here
John Pollock and Iris Oved. (2005). Vision, Knowledge, and the Mystery Link.
Philosophical Perspectives. Pg 309-351. Blackwell.PDF here
David DeVault, Natalia Kariaeva, Anubha Kothari, Iris Oved, and Matthew Stone. (2005).
An Information-State Approach to Collaborative Reference. Association for Comutational
Linguisitics. Proceedings Companion Volume, Interactive Poster and Demo Track. Pg1-4.
University of Michigan, June 2005.
Iris Oved. (1999). Computing Transcendental Functions. With Alexander Perlis.
Poster Presentations:
Iris Oved (2007). Improving the Conceptual Chemistry between Empiricism and
Nativism. Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 2007 (Presented June 2007,
Toronto, Canada).
Iris Oved (2006). Exploring the Role of Qualia in the Intentionality of Thought. Toward a
Science of Consciousness, 2006. (Presented April 2006, Tucson, Arizona).
Iris Oved, Linda W. Norrix, and Merrill F. Garrett. (2000) Identity priming using
McGurk stimuli as primes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Vol 108, No. 5, p.2482 (Presented December 2000, Newport Beach, CA).
Linda W. Norrix, Iris Oved, and Lawrence D. Rosenblum. (2000) Auditory-visual
context effects in a speech and nonspeech condition. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Vol. 107, No.5, pg. 2887. (Presented May 2000, Atlanta, Georgia).
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