Charles E. M. Dunlop
Present Position
- David M. French Professor Emeritus
- Professor of Philosophy Emeritus
Education
- Ph.D. Duke University (1973) in Philosophy
- M.A. Duke University (1969) in Philosophy
- M.S. Wright State University (1987) in Computer Science
- A.B. Stanford University (1965). English Literature major,
Philosophy minor.
Principal Teaching Interests
- Cognitive Science / Philosophy of Mind
- Social Aspects of Computing
- Epistemology
- Philosophical Analysis
- Ancient Greek Philosophy
Current Research Interests
- Cognitive Science / Philosophy of Mind
- Social Aspects of Computing
Teaching Experience
1985 - Professor
of Philosophy with tenure, University of Michigan-Flint.
1989 Visiting
Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Waikato (New Zealand).
1987-88 Visiting
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Wright State University.
1977-85 Associate
Professor of Philosophy with tenure, University of Michigan-Flint.
1980-81 Visiting
Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati.
1972-77 Assistant
Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan-Flint.
1971-72 Visiting
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.
1970-71 Full-time
Instructor of Philosophy, Duke University.
1969-70 Full-time
Instructor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Selected Publications
Books
- Glossary of Cognitive Science (with James H.
Fetzer). Paragon House (1993).
- Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and
Social Choices (with Rob Kling). Academic Press (1991).
- Philosophical Essays on Dreaming. Cornell
University Press (1977)
Articles
- “Mentalese Semantics and the Naturalized Mind”, Philosophical
Psychology, Vol. 17, No. 1 (March, 2004), pp. 77-94.
- “Searle’s Unconscious Mind”, Philosophical Psychology,
Vol. 13, No. 1 (March, 2000), pp. 123-126.
- “Computer Ethics”. Encyclopedia of Computer Science,
4th Edition. New York: Groves’ Dictionaries, Inc (2000), pp. 354-357.
- “Controversies about Computerization and the Character of
White Collar Worklife” (with Rob Kling). Abbreviated version in Informatica
y Automatica, 25 (1993), pp. 16-30. Full-length version in The
Information Society, 9(1), 1993, pp. 1-29.
- “Conceptual Dependency as the Language of Thought”, Synthese,
82 (1990), pp. 275-296. Reprinted in J. H. Fetzer (ed.), Epistemology
and Cognition, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1991), pp. 63-84.
- “Wittgenstein on Sensation and ‘Seeing-As’”, Synthese,
60 (1984), pp. 349-367.
- “Kim’s ‘Supervenient Mind’”, The Southern Journal of
Philosophy, XXI (1983), pp. 145-149.
- “Belief in Dreams”, Australasian Journal of Philosophy,
56 (1978), pp. 61-64.
- “Dreams, Skepticism, and Scientific Research”, Philosophia,
8 (1978), pp. 355-365.
- “Lehrer and Ellis on Incorrigibility”, Australasian
Journal of Philosophy, 55 (1977), pp. 201-205.
- “Anamnesis in the Phaedo”, The New Scholasticism,
XLIX (1975), pp. 51-61.
- “Performatives and Dream Skepticism”, Philosophical
Studies, 25 (1974), pp. 295-297.
Reviews
- Review of Daniel C. Dennett, Sweet Dreams:
Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness. Essays in
Philosophy, Vol. 7, No. 2 (June 2006). Online at http://www.humboldt.edu/~essays/dunlop2rev.html
- Review of John Perry, Consciousness, Knowledge,
Possibility, and Consciousness. Essays in Philosophy, Vol. 4,
No. 2 (June 2003). Online at http://www.humboldt.edu/~essays/dunloprev.html
- Review of M. Gams, M. Paprzycki, and X. Wu, eds, Mind
Versus Computer: Were Dreyfus and Winograd Right? Minds and
Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and
Cognitive Science (2000), Vol. 10, No. 2 (May, 2000), pp. 289-296.
- Review of William Calvin’s How Brains Think. Minds
and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and
Cognitive Science, Vol. 9 No. 2 (May, 1999), pp. 276-280.
- Review of J. Christopher Maloney’s The Mundane Matter
of the Mental Language. Minds and Machines: Journal for
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science, 1 (1991),
pp. 221-226.
- Review of Irving Thalberg’s Perception, Emotion and
Action. Philosophia, 12 (1983), pp. 441-445.
- Review of Oliver Johnson’s Skepticism and Cognitivism.
Philosophical Investigations, IV (1981), pp. 71-75.
- Critical Study of Norman Malcolm’s Thought and
Knowledge. Philosophia, 9 (1981), pp. 391-403.
Professional Affiliations
- Member: Editorial Board, Studies in Cognitive Systems
- Member: American Philosophical Association
- Associate: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Member: Association for Computing Machinery
- Member: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
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