Josh Weisberg
Assistant Professor
- Phone: (713)743-3200
- Email: jweisberg@uh.edu
- Office: 515 Agnes Arnold Hall
Josh Weisberg is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston. He specializes in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, with a focus on consciousness. His current research investigates the relationship between concepts and sensations in conscious experience, the prospects for a scientific explanation for consciousness, and issues surrounding the the nature and epistemology of first-person access. Recent publications include "Same Old, Same Old: The Same-Order Representational Theory of Consciousness and the Division of Phenomenal Labor " (Synthese), "Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness" (with David M. Rosenthal, Scholarpedia), "Type-Q Materialism" (with Pete Mandik, in Naturalism, Reference, and Ontology: Essays in Honor of Roger F. Gibson), and "What is it Like to Be My Cat?" (in What Philosophy can Tell You About Your Cat). He is currently the managing editor of a symposium on the book Describing Inner Experience? Proponent meets Skeptic, by Russell Hurlburt and Eric Schwitzgebel, forthcoming on PSYCHE.
Education
- B.A., Philosophy, NYU, 1991
- M.A., Ph.D., Philosophy, City University of New York, 2007
Selected Publications
- Same Old, Same Old: The Same-Order Representational Theory of Consciousness and the Division of Phenomenal Labor
- Type-Q Materialism (with Pete Mandik)
- What is it Like to Be My Cat?
