Luke Kersten, PhD
/Luke Kersten/
Pronouns: He/Him
Personal Website: https://lukekersten.weebly.com/
Contact
Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research
- kersten@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Cognitive Science Philosophy of Science Philosophy of AI
About
Originally from small town Ontario, I am currently a Killam Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Philosophy. Before joining Alberta, I held positions at the University of Lisbon and Ruhr-Universität Bochum. I was Visiting Research Fellow at the Institue of Philosophy at the University of London in 2023. I received my PhD in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in 2020. When not philosophising, I enjoy playing ice hockey, reading, and exploring all that the great outdoors has to offer.
Research
My research is situated in philosophy of mind and cognitive science, with additional interests in philosophy of science and AI. To date, my work has largely focused on computational theories of mind, extended and embodied cognition, and music cognition, although I also have ongoing interests in the concept of levels and models of scientific progress.
Courses
PHIL 205 - Philosophy of Mind
Basic questions concerning the mind and our attempts to study it scientifically.
PHIL 385 - Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
A study of ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence systems.
PHIL 488 - Current Research in Philosophy
Prerequisite: At least 6 units in PHIL, 3 units of which must be at the 200-level, or consent of Department.
PHIL 594 - Selected Problems in Philosophy
Featured Publications
Luke Kersten
Philosophical Explorations. 2024 March; 27 (2):1-18 10.1080/13869795.2024.2332171
Luke Kersten
Synthese. 2024 March; 283 (99):1-23 10.1007/s11229-024-04526-x
Luke Kersten
Minds and Machines. 2023 March; 33 (1):113-134 10.1007/s11023-022-09617-7
Luke Kersten
Synthese. 2022 August; 200 (281):1-23 10.1007/s11229-022-03674-2
Luke Kersten
Philosophical Explorations. 2020 September; 23 (3):251-266 10.1080/13869795.2020.1799664
Luke Kersten
41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2019 July;
Luke Kersten, George Deane, Joe Dewhurst
39th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Society . 2017 July;
Luke Kersten
Philosophical Psychology. 2017 July; 30 (8):1078-1103 10.1080/09515089.2017.1350946
Luke Kersten
Review of philosophy and psychology. 2017 January; 8 (3):501-517 10.1007/s13164-016-0322-3
Luke Kersten
38th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Society . 2016 August;
Luke Kersten and Robert A. Wilson
American Philosophical Quarterly. 2016 April; 53 (2):139-154
Luke Kersten
Frontiers in psychology. 2016 January; 7 (2033):1-2 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02033
Luke Kersten
Frontiers in psychology. 2016 January; 7 (719):1-2 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00719
Luke Kersten
Empirical Musicology Review. 2015 January; 9 (3-4):193-202 10.18061/emr.v9i3-4.4315
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