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Jay McKinney

Visiting Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, Cognitive Science

Education & Professional History

Universtiy of Central Oklahoma, BA; University of Hawaii, MA; University of Cincinnati, MA, PhD


At Carleton since 2023.

Highlights & Recent Activity

Recent Presentations:

“Putting “AI” Pedagogy in Context with Games” in 2024 AAPT Twenty-Fourth International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Otterbein University, July 2024.

“Everyday Cognitive Science” European Network of Japanese Philosophy 7th Annual Conference: Cork, Ireland. September 2023.

“Hope in the Shell: Why it’s Wonder-full that our Brains are not Computers” CogTweeto Philosophy Conference: Virtual, April 2022.

Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations

International Association for Japanese Philosophy, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, American Philosophical Association

Current Courses

  • Fall 2024
    CGSC 100: Living with Artificial Intelligence
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    CGSC 289: The Cognitive Dimensions of Artificial Intelligence
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    CGSC 396: Directed Research in Cognitive Studies
  • Winter 2025
    CGSC 130: Revolutions in Mind
  •  
    CGSC 399: Senior Thesis in Cognitive Science
  • Spring 2025
    CGSC 130: Revolutions in Mind
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    CGSC 330: Embodied Cognition