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Edouard Machery | |
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| Alma mater | Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Ph.D.) |
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| Region | Philosophy,cognitive science |
| Institutions | University of Pittsburgh |
Edouard Machery is a French-American philosopher and distinguished professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. [1]
Edouard Machery received a Ph.D. in philosophy at the Universitéde Paris-Sorbonne in 2004. [2]
The research works of Edouard Machery are in philosophy,experimental philosophy,and cognitive science especially about concepts. According to his theory,the notion of concept is ill-suited for a scientific psychology. Therefore,he criticizes the neo-empiricist accounts of concepts. He has also worked on the experimental psychology,with a special focus on external validity and statistics. He has also worked on the theories of human cognition. [3]
His works are on various topics,including the processes as categorization and concept learning. [4] The experimental philosophy is another topic on which he has worked. He has used experimental and quasi-experimental methods in order to determine the characteristics of intuition and folk judgments about intentional action. [5]
The works of Edouard Machery have been reviewed by other cognitive scientists. [6] [7]
Edouard Machery was awarded the Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award by the Pittsburgh University in 2011. [8] [9] He was also awarded the Stanton Prize by the Society for Philosophy and Psychology in 2013. [10] In 2022,he was elected President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology for 2023-2024.
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