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 and forthcoming publications include "Type-Q Materialism" (with Pete Mandik, in Naturalism, Reference, and Ontology: Essays in Honor of Roger F. Gibson), "Misrepresenting Consciousness" (Philosophical Studies), and "Abusing the Notion of What-It's-Like-Ness: A Response to Block" (Analysis). He recently edited a symposium on the book Describing Inner Experience? Proponent meets Skeptic, by Russell Hurlburt and Eric Schwitzgebel, for the Journal of Consciousness Studies (January 2011).
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)
- Misrepresenting Consciousness
- The Zombie's Cogito: Meditations on Type-Q Materialism
- Abusing the Notion of What-It's-Like-Ness: A Response to Block
