Faculty Guide

Title

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy
Psychology

Expertise

Philosophy of mind. Philosophy of psychology. Cognitive science. History of philosophy. Philosophy of science.

Awards and Honors

National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (1989 - 1990)

Bernstein Faculty Fellowship (1988 - 1989)

National Endowment for Humanities Summer Fellowship (1981)

Sloan Fellowship (1979 - 1981)

Courses Taught

PHIL	6a	Introduction to Symbolic Logic
PHIL	39b	Philosophy of Mind
PHIL	133a	Consciousness, Brain, and Self
PHIL	137a	Nature or Nurture? The Innateness Controversy
PHIL	141b	Topics in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
PHIL	179a	God, Man, and World: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz
PHIL	231a	Graduate Seminar in the Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science

Scholarship

Samet, Jerry & Zaitchik, Deborah. "Innateness and Contemporary Theories of Cognition." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (on-line). 2012.

Samet, Jerry/Yaakov Stern. "Cognitive Reserve: Neuroethical Implications." Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics. Ed. Judy Illes and Barbara Sahakian. Oxfor University Press, 2011

Samet, Jerry. "The Historical Controversies Surrounding Innateness." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.

Samet, Jerry. "Being Benedict Spinoza." Rev. of Conversation with Spinoza, by Goce Smilevski. JBOOKS Summer 2006

Samet, Jerry. "Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men: Peter and Philosophy." Family Guy and Philosophy. Ed. J. Jeremy Wisnewski. Blackwell Press, 2007