Dan Burnston

Assistant Professor, Philosophy

504-862-3388

Newcomb 105E

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (Philosophy and Cognitive Science), 2015

M.A., Georgia State University, 2009

B.A. Rutgers University, 2007

Selected Publications

Burnston, D. C. (Forthcoming). Real patterns in biological explanation. Philosophy of Science.
Burnston, D. C. (2016a). Cognitive penetration and the cognition–perception interface. Synthese, doi:10.1007/s11229-016-1116-y.
Burnston, D. C. (2016b). Computational neuroscience and localized neural function. Synthese, 10.1007/s11229-016-1099-8.
Burnston, D. C. (2016c). A contextualist approach to functional localization in the brain. Biology & Philosophy, 31(4), 527-550.
Burnston, D. C. (2016d). Data graphs and mechanistic explanation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 57, 1-12.
Burnston, D.C. and Cohen, J. Forthcoming. Perceptual integration, modularity, and cognitive penetration. In A. Raftopolous and J. Zeimbekis (eds), Cognitive Influences on Perception. Oxford University Press.
Uithol, S., Burnston, D.C., and Haselager, P. 2014. Why we may not find intentions in the brain. Neuropsychologia 56: 129-139.

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