Swarthmore College Department of Computer Science

Talk by William J. Rapaport, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Philosophy of Computer Science
Wednesday, September 19 2007
7:30 pm in Thomas Hall 224 (Bryn Mawr College)

William J. Rapaport is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, an affiliated faculty member in the Departments of Philosophy and of Linguistics, and a member of the Center for Cognitive Science, all at State University of New York at Buffalo.

His research interests are in cognitive science, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, knowledge representation and reasoning, contextual vocabulary acquisition, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, critical thinking, and cognitive development. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This talk is presented by the Bryn Mawr College Department of Philosophy and the Delaware Valley Distinguished Lecture Series in Computer Science. It is jointly hosted by: Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and Villanova University.