William Hirstein

William Hirstein (* in the United States ) is an American philosopher who deals mainly with cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He is known particularly for work on psychopathological confabulation. Hirstein teaches at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois, where it is also head of the philosophy department.

Academic career

Hirstein earned his Ph.D. in philosophy with Richard Wollheim at the University of California, Davis. After moving to the University of California, San Diego, he studied under Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, and Patricia Churchland neurological syndromes associated with such confabulations in context, as observed for example in patients with split brain or the Capgras syndrome, but can also occur as a result of anosognosia. In collaboration with Ramachandran also followed work on phantom limb pain and its treatment options.

Works

  • On Searle, 2001, ISBN 978-0-534-57626-4
  • On the Churchlands, 2004, ISBN 978-0-534-57627-1
  • Brain Fiction: Self- deception and the riddle of confabulation (online), 2005, ISBN 0-262-08338-8
  • Cognitive Science: An Introduction to Mind and Brain, 2006, ISBN 978-0-415-22101-6
  • Confabulation: Views from Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Philosophy (online ), 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-920891-3
  • Mindmelding: Consciousness, Neuroscience, and the Mind's Privacy, 2012, ISBN 978-0-199-23190-4
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