My research falls at the confluence of non-Cartesian cognitive science, philosophy of mind, social epistemology, philosophy of social science, social philosophy and computational intelligence. My deep intellectual quadrumvirate are Smith, Oakeshott, Hayek and Simon. This unlikely mix of the unfashionable, misappropriated and caricatured, the analytical and the “continental”, distinctively informs my engagement with cutting-edge theorists such as Andy Clark and recent externalist literature which in my view has a close relationship to stigmergic cognition and social cognition. If you haven’t already realized I have rather eclectic tastes with longstanding interests in radically different and neglected thinkers such as Philo of Alexandria, Lichtenburg, and last but by no means least, Robert Musil. I’m also involved with three journals: EPISTEME, Cognitive Systems Research and the Journal of Mind and Behavior. Last, but no means least I’m area editor (social epistemology) for a terrific online philosophy resource PhilPapers.
