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Larry S. Hauser

Areas of Research & Specialization: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence
Areas of Teaching Competence: Applied Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Science, History of Philosophy

contributions to the discipline | teaching | service
Curriculum Vitae
Revised June 16, 2007

B. A., Psychology, Michigan State University, 1973.
M. A., Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1979.
Ph.D., Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1993.
Dissertation: Searle's Chinese Box: The Chinese Room Argument and Artificial Intelligence.
Director: Professor Herbert Hendry.
Defended: March 11, 1993.

Publications | Presentations | Reviews | Hypertext | Work in Progress | Professional Organizations
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISCIPLINE

Publications

• “Zombies, Blade Runner, and the Mind-Body Problem" in R. Green and K. S. Mohammed (eds.), The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless (Open Court Press, 2006), pp. 53-66.
• "Don't Go There: Reply to Crooks".  Mind and Behavior, Vol. 23, Number 3 (Summer 2002), pp. 223-232.
• "Nixin' Goes to China" in J. Preston and M. Bishop (eds.), Views into the Chinese Room (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 123-143.
• "Look Who's Moving the Goal Posts Now".  Minds and Machines, Vol. 11 (2001), No. 1, pp. 41-51.  Reprinted in James H. Moor (ed.), The Turing Test: The Elusive Standard of Artificial Intelligence (Kluwer, 2003), pp. 185-196.
• "Ordinary Devices.  A response to Selmer Bringsjord's 'Clarifying the Logic of Anti-Computationalism: Reply to Hauser'.'"  Minds and Machines, Vol. 10 (2000), No. 1, pp. 115-117.
• "Searle's Chinese Box: Debunking the Chinese Room Argument." Minds and Machines, Vol. 7 (1997), No. 2, pp. 199-226.
• "Doing Without Mentalese." Behavior and Philosophy, Vol. 23 (1995), pp. 42-47. An early version of this work appears in State University of New York at Buffalo Department of Computer Science and Center for Cognitive Science Technical Report No.92:12: Proceedings of the Conference on Cognition and Representation. John T. Kearns, William J. Rapaport, Erwin Segal, and Leonard Talmy, eds., pp. 206-216.
• "Acting, Intending, and Artificial Intelligence." Behavior and Philosophy, Vol. 22, No.1 (Spring/Summer, 1994), pp. 22-28.
• "Propositional Actitudes: Reply to Gunderson." Behavior and Philosophy, Vol. 22, No.1 (Spring/Summer, 1994), pp. 35-40.
• "Reaping the Whirlwind: Reply to Harnad's `Other Bodies, Other Minds'." Minds and Machines, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May, 1993), pp. 219-238.
• "Why Isn't My Pocket Calculator a Thinking Thing?" Minds and Machines, Vol. 3, No. 1 (February, 1993), pp. 3-10.  State University of New York at Buffalo Department of Computer Science and Center for Cognitive Science Technical Report No.91:20.
• "The Sense of `Thinking': Reply to Rapaport." Minds and Machines, Vol. 3, No. 1 (February, 1993), pp. 21-29. State University of New York at Buffalo Department of Computer Science and Center for Cognitive Science Technical Report No.91:20.
• "Act, Aim, and Unscientific Explanation." Philosophical Investigations, Vol. 15, No. 4. (October, 1992), pp. 313-323.

Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries

• Entries for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/:
  • Artificial Intelligence (since 2007)
  • Behaviorism (since 2002)
  • The Chinese Room Argument (since 1997)
• "The Chinese Room and Consciousness": entry for A Companion to Consciousness (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
• "The  Chinese Room Argument" field guide entry (1998-2006) and annotated bibliography (1998-2006) for A Field Guide to the Philosophy of Mind: http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/
• "Zombies" entry (1999) for the Internet Dictionary of the Philosophy of Mind: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/main.html
• L. Hauser's Mostly Modern Philosophical Glossary: http://members.aol.com/lshauser2/lexicon.html

Papers Presented

• "Science and Sensibilia."  Michigan State University Philosophy Department Colloquium Series, August 30, 2002.  Handout: http://members.aol.com/lshauser/scisen.html
• "Look Who's Moving the Goalposts Now" Presented January 28, 2000 at the conference, The Future of the Turing Test: The Next Fifty Years, at Dartmouth College.
• "Presupposition as Nonassertion."  Coauthored with Barbara Abbott.  Presented by Abbott at the Linguistics Society of America annual meeting, Jan. 12, 1999.
• "Pet Semetary."  Commentary on Selmer Bringsjord's"'Zombanimals': Why Robots are Just Zombie Animals. Society for Machines and Mentality Group Meeting, Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, December 28, 1998.
• "In Search of the Holy Quale: Much Ado about Consciousness." Albion College. November 20, 1996.
• "Revenge of the Zombies." American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Colloquium: Philosophy of Mind, December 29, 1995. Michigan State University Philosophy Department, October 20, 1995.
• "Realism, Model Theory, and Linguistic Semantics." Jointly authored with Barbara Abbott. 1995 Annual Meeting Linguistics Society of America, January 8, 1995.
• "Searle's Chinese Box: Debunking the Chinese Room Argument." Western Michigan University Philosophy Department, May 20, 1994. Forthcoming in Minds and Machines.
• "Computation, Thought, and Intrinsicality." Philosophy Section of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, March 5, 1993. Michigan State University Philosophy of Language Discussion Group, June 8, 1993.
• "A Reanalysis of Partitives." Jointly authored with Barbara K. Abbott. Presented by Barbara K. Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, January 8, 1993.
• "Natural Language and Thought." Jointly authored with Barbara K. Abbott. State University of New York at Buffalo Conference on Cognition and Representation, April 5, 1992.
• "Acting, Intending, and Artificial Intelligence." American Philosophical Association Central Division Colloquium on Action Theory, April 25, 1992. (Earlier versions presented at the Philosophy Section of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, March 15, 1991; to the Working Minds Subcommittee of the Michigan State University Philosophy Graduate Student Club, February 27, 1991.)
• "Propositional Actitudes: Reply to Gunderson." American Philosophical Association Central Division Colloquium on Action Theory, April 25, 1992.
• "Why Isn't My Pocket Calculator a Thinking Thing?" American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting Colloquium on the Philosophy of Mind, April 27, 1991. (Earlier versions presented at the Philosophy Section of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, March 1990; to the Working Minds Subcommittee of the Michigan State University Philosophy Graduate Student Club, March 1990. Also presented at a Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Mind Colloquium at Alma College, November 20, 1991.)
• "The Sense of `Thinking': Reply to Rapaport." American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting Colloquium on the Philosophy of Mind, April 27, 1991. (The critical exchange consisting of an expanded version of "The Sense of `Thinking': Reply to Rapaport" along with Rapaport's "Reply to Hauser" and my "Why Isn't My Pocket Calculator a Thinking Thing?" appeared in Minds and Machines, Vol. 3, No. 1 (February, 1993), pp. 3-29).
• "Belief, Desire and Explanation." Philosophy Section of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters: March 1989. Working Minds Subcommittee of the Michigan State University Philosophy Graduate Student Club: March 1989.

Reviews

• "Review of Robert Kirk's Zombies and Consciousness".  Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, June 12, 2006.
• "Review of  S. Guttenplan (ed.), Companion to the Philosophy of Mind".Minds and Machines, Vol. 9. No. 2 (May 1999), pp. 300-303.
• "Review of Selmer Bringsjord's What Robots Can and Can't Be". Minds and Machines, Vol. 7, No. 3 (August 1997), pp. 433-438.
• Review of Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy's The Language of First Order Logic, 3rd Edition, Including Tarski's World 4.0. History and Philosophy of Logic, 15 (1994), pp. 146-147.

Philosophy-Related Hypertext Documents on the World Wide Web

• HTML adaptation of Aristotle's De Anima: http://members.aol.com/elvers/deantpag.html
• The Turing Test and Chinese Room Experiment: http://members.aol.com/lshauser/turingho.html
• HTML adaptations of essays by Helen Keller.
  • "The Hand of the World": http://members.aol.com/lshauser2/how.html
• "A New Chime for the Christmas Bells": http://members.aol.com/lshauser2/xmasbell.html
• William Blake Page: http://members.aol.com/lshauser2/wmblake.html
• Abridged e-edition of V. I. Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism: http://www.wutsamada.com/msu/IAH206/imperialism.html

Professional Organization Membership

• Michigan State University Philosophy of Language Discussion Group: 1987-2006.
• American Philosophical Association: 1989-2007.
• Society for Machines and Mentality: Member 1991-2007.
• Society for Philosophy and Psychology: Member 1993-2007.
• American Association for Artificial Intelligence: Member 2003-7.

Work in Progress

• "The Chinese Room and Consciousness": entry for A Companion to Consciousness (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

Appointments | Guest Lectures | Offpage:My Virtual Office
TEACHING

Appointments & Courses Taught

• Alma College: Assistant Professor (Philosophy): W96, W97, W98, Sp98, W99, W01, Sp01, F02-Su03, F03, F04, W05, Sp05, F05; W06; F06; Sp07: Visiting Instructor (Philosophy): F99-W00
  • Philosophy 103: Critical Thinking: F99, F01, W02, F02, F03, F04, F05, F06
• Philosophy 111: Survey of Western Philosophy I: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy: W98, W00, F01, W03, F04
• Philosophy 112: Survey of Western Philosophy II: Modern Philosophy: W96, W97, W99, W01, W02, F03, W06
• Philosophy 126: Introduction to Values: W96, W97, W98, W99a, W99b, F99, W00, W01, F01, W02, F02, W03, Sp03, F03, F04, F05
• Cognitive Science 180: Topics in Cognitive Science: W96, W98, W00, W01
• Philosophy 227: Ethics and Business: F06
• Philosophy 229: Ethics and Medicine: W00
• Philosophy 347: Philosophy of Mind: Sp98, Sp01, Sp05, Sp07
• Philosophy 305: Philosophy of Science: F99, F02
• Roving Philosopher: Summer Institute on Medical Science, Technology and the Arts in the 21st Century: July 11-24, 1999
• Central Michigan University: Assistant Professor (Philosophy): F98, F00 (Dept. of Philosophy);  WSuF02 (College of Extended Learning).
• Philosophy 100: Introduction to Philosophy: F98, F00
• Philosophy 318: Business Ethics: F98, F00, W02, F02, Su02
• Philosophy 118: Moral Problems: F98
• Michigan State University: Assistant Professor (Philosophy): F95, F04, Sp05, F05, Sp06
• Philosophy 130: Logic and Reasoning: F95, Sp06
• Philosophy 200: Introduction to Philosophy: F05
• Philosophy 330: Formal Reasoning: F95, F04
• Michigan State University: Assistant Professor (Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities): SpO5
• IAH206: Self, Society, and Technology: Sp05
• Western Michigan University, Lansing: Instructor (Philosophy).
• Philosophy 320: Formal Logic: F95
• Philosophy 311: Political Philosophy F92
• Delta College: Lecturer (Philosophy): W92
• Philosophy 211: Introduction to Philosophy (3 sections).
• Philosophy 213w: Introduction to Ethics (writing across the curriculum).
• Philosophy 221: Logic.
• Central Michigan University: Instructor (Philosophy): F91.
• Philosophy 100: Introduction to Philosophy.
• Philosophy 404: History of Contemporary Philosophy.
• Michigan State University: Graduate Assistant (American Thought and Language): F90-S91.
• American Thought & Language 1144: Developmental Writing I.
• American Thought & Language 1154: Developmental Writing II.
• Michigan State University: Instructor (Philosophy): W90-S90.
• Philosophy 103h: Introductory Logic (honors).
• Michigan State University: Visiting Assistant Professor (Philosophy): F04
• Philosophy 330: Formal Reasoning I
• Baker College, Owosso: Instructor (Humanities): F89.
• Humanities 304: Logic.
• Michigan State University: Graduate Assistant (Philosophy): W87-F89 (* = assisted).
• Philosophy 101: Ethics and Value: W87*, W88.
• Philosophy 102: Knowledge and Reality: Sp88, F88, W89, Sp89, Su89.
• Philosophy 103: Introductory Logic: Sp87*, F87, F89.

Guest Lectures

• Alma College
  • Cognitive Science 180. Natural Language Processing and Syntax (software demonstration and lecture). March 6, 1990.
• Cognitive Science 180. Natural Language Processing and Semantics (software demonstration and lecture). March 13, 1990.
• Cognitive Science 180. Artificial Intelligence: Why Isn't My Pocket Calculator a Thinking Thing. November 22, 1994.
• Philosophy 347 (Philosophy of Mind). Artificial Intelligence. May 8, 1995.
• Cognitive Science 120.  Artificial Intelligence: The Turing Test and Chinese Room Argument.  November 2001, November 2002, November 2003, November 2004, November 2005.
• Michigan State University
• Zoology 867: Theory and Practice of Cognitive Science.  Searle's Chinese Room Argument.  January 31 & February 3, 2006.
• Philosophy/Linguistics/Psychology 450: Cognitive Science. Consciousness. April 21, 2003.
• Philosophy 360: Philosophy of Mind: The Turing Test for Artificial Intelligence.  April 2002.
• Philosophy/Linguistics/Psychology 450: Cognitive Science. Consciousness. April 28, 1998.
• Philosophy/Linguistics/Psychology 450: Cognitive Science: Artificial Intelligence. April 21, 1997.
• Philosophy 420: Philosophy of Mind. Why Isn't My Pocket Calculator a Thinking Thing? October 2, 1996.
• Philosophy/Linguistics/Psychology 450: Cognitive Science. Artificial Intelligence: Why Isn't My Pocket Calculator a Thinking Thing? March 11, 1992; April 19, 1995.
• Phil./Linguistics/Psych. 450: Cognitive Science. Other Minds, the Turing Test, and Artificial Intelligence. April 17, 1995.
• Philosophy/Linguistics/Psychology 450: Cognitive Science. Artificial Intelligence: Turing's Test and Searle's Chinese Room Experiment. March 5, 1991; April 21, 1993.
• Albion College:
• HSP 113H: Honors Seminar in Humanities. Zombies, Aliens, and Other Minds. November 20, 1996.

SERVICE

• Intramural: Michigan State University
  • Vice President, MSU Organization of Philosophy Students, 1988-1989.
• President, MSU Organization of Philosophy Students, 1989-1990.
• Graduate Student Representative, College of Arts and Letters Educational Policies Committee, 1989-1990.
• Graduate Student Representative, College of Arts and Letters Screening Committee for the Teacher Scholar Awards and the Excellence in Teaching Citations, Fall 1989.
• Graduate Student Representative, MSU Philosophy Dept. Graduate Committee, 1988-1990.
• Extramural
• In-house (paid) software reviews of LogicCoach (an introductory logic tutorial program to accompany Patrick J. Hurley's A Concise Introduction to Logic) for Wadsworth Books Inc.  Sept. 1990, Sept. 1993, January 1995.
• Review of book manuscript for Kluwer. 1996.
• Review of article manuscript for Minds and Machines. 1997.
• Review of article manuscript for Journal of Logic, Language and Information. 2001.
• Review of article manuscript for Philosophical Papers.  2002.
• Review of book manuscript for Broadview Press.  2002.
• Review of article manuscript for Mind and Machines.  2003.
• Review of article manuscript for Theory and Psychology.  2003.
• Review of article manuscript for Philosophy of Sport. 2005.