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Jay McKinney

Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, Cognitive Science

Education & Professional History

University of Hawaii at Manoa, MA; University of Cincinnati-Main Campus, 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 2025
    CGSC 100: Living with Artificial Intelligence
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    CGSC 394: Directed Research in Cognitive Science
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    CGSC 396: Comps Proposal in Cognitive Studies
  • Winter 2026
    CGSC 130: Revolutions in Mind
  •  
    CGSC 394: Directed Research in Cognitive Science
  •  
    CGSC 399: Senior Thesis in Cognitive Science
  • Spring 2026
    CGSC 394: Directed Research in Cognitive Science
  • Fall 2026
    CGSC 330: Embodied Cognition
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    IDSC 100: Reasoning and Robots
  • Winter 2027
    CGSC 130: Revolutions in Mind
  •  
    CGSC 207: Japanese Philosophy: No Mind, No Life
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    PHIL 207: Japanese Philosophy: No Mind, No Life
  • Spring 2027
    CGSC 253: Philosophy of Cognitive Science