Anthony F. Beavers, Ph.D.
Teaching Activities
Office Hours
Online by appointment (Email tb2@evansville.edu to set one up.)
Spring 2021
COGS/ETH 345: Complex Systems
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy: Teaching Intern: Jacob Brown
PHRL 459: Humanity's Perils
Fall 2020
PHIL 111: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 211: Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 421: Ethical Theory
PHIL 459.1: Text Seminar - Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
PHIL 459.2: Text Seminar - Augustine: Confessions
PHIL 459.3: Text Seminar - Plato's Virtues (The Charmides, Laches, Lysis, and Meno)
COGS 492: Research Internship in Cognitive Science (CSML): Open Trading Poker. Research Interns: Austin Davidson, Angela Jansen, Jacek Knaur, Nick Lewis, Alec Votoupal
Spring 2020
COGS/ETH 345: Complex Systems
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy: Teaching Intern: Tyra Baker
PHIL 459.1: Text Seminar - Berkeley: Principles of Knowledge
PHIL 459.2: Text Seminar - Kierkegaard: The Concept of Anxiety
PHIL 459.3: Text Seminar - Soelle: The Silent Cry
PHIL 491: Independent Study in Philosophy: Hume and the External World. Student Researcher: Jacob Brown
Fall 2019
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Keaton Carr
PHIL 211: Ancient Greek Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Jacob Brown
PHIL 459.1: Text Seminar - Spinoza: Ethics Proved in a Geometrical Order
PHIL 459.2: Text Seminar - Levinas: Selected Writings
Spring 2019
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Aaron Richardson.
ETH 345: Complex Systems and Social Change
PHIL 459: Text Seminar - Heidegger: Being and Time
COGS 491: Independent Study in Cognitive Science (CSML): Avian Cognition. Student Researcher: Keaton Carr
COGS 492: Research Internship in Cognitive Science (CSML): Remodeling Kallipolis. Research Interns: Abdullah Aljandali, Nhan Cao, Trevor Lax, Skylar Reeves (non-credit), Aaron Richardson, Patrick Sewell
Fall 2018
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science
PHIL 211: Ancient Greek Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Noah Franks
PHIL 491.1: Text Seminar - Kant: Prolegomena for Any Future Metaphysics
PHIL 491.2: Text Seminar - Husserl: Cartesian Mediations
PHIL 491.3: Text Seminar - Marx: Selected Early Texts
COGS 491: Independent Study in Cognitive Science (CSML): Avian Cognition. Student Researcher: Keaton Carr
COGS 492: Research Internship in Cognitive Science (CSML): Remodeling Kallipolis. Research Interns: Abdullah Aljandali, Nhan Cao, Trevor Lax, Skylar Reeves (non-credit), Aaron Richardson, Patrick Sewell
Spring 2018
PHIL 221: Early Modern Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Payton Charlton
PHIL/REL 240: Philosophy and Religion. Teaching Intern: Case Farney
COGS 345: Complex Systems and Cognition
PHIL 459.1: Text Seminar - Kant: Perpetual Peace and Other Essays
PHIL 459.2: Text Seminar - Heidegger: Being and Time (Division I, Chapters 1-3)
PHIL 459.3: Text Seminar - Plato: Parmenides
PHIL 491: Directed Study in Philosophy: Robot Ethics. Student Researcher: Aaron Richardson. "Parenting as a Metaphor for the Ethics of Robot Personhood," presented at the 2018 Midwest Undergraduate Cognitive Science Conference, April 7th, Indiana University.
Fall 2017
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Payton Charlton
PHIL 211: Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 491.1: Text Seminar - Kant: Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals
PHIL 491.2: Text Seminar - Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling
PHIL 491.3: Text Seminar - Wittgenstein: Blue Book
Spring 2017
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Aaron Richardson
PHIL 221: Early Modern Philosophy
COGS 345: Complex Systems
PHIL 491: Text Seminar - Heidegger: Letter on Humanism
PHIL 499: Senior Exercise in Philosophy
Fall 2016
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science (team taught with Dr. Jones). Teaching Intern: Aaron Richardson
PHIL 211: Ancient Greek Philosophy - Teaching Intern: Jacob Trotter
PHIL 241: Science, Technology and Society - Teaching Interns: Krista Lecher and Hassan Taki Eddin
PHIL 445: History and Philosophy of Science
COGS 492: Research Internship in Cognitive Science (CSML): Research Interns: Jacob Ball (Lab Manager), Julian Erickson, Erik Goodge, Alycia Olson
Spring 2016
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science (team taught with Dr. Jones). Teaching Interns: Max Engleman and Jessica Lord
PHIL 221: Early Modern Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Justin Slattery
COGS 498: Complex Systems
COGS 292/492: Research Internship in Cognitive Science (CSML): Predicting the NFL: Taylor Allen, Jacob Ball, Kane Catt, Jacob Green, Alycia Olson
PHIL 499: Senior Seminar in Philosophy
Market Analysis Task Force Student Internship (CSML): Andrey Biryuchinskiy
Honors Project Coordinator: The Moral Implications of Affective Computing: Justin Slattery
Fall 2015
Sabbatical Leave
COGS 292/492: Research Internship in Cognitive Science (CSML): Predicting the NFL: Jacob Ball, Andrey Biryuchinskiy, Jacob Green, Alycia Olson and Evan Snider
Market Analysis Task Force Student Internship (CSML): Jacob Trotter and Beth Brunmeier
Spring 2015
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science
PHIL 221 (honors): Early Modern Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Kaci Harrison
PHIL 301: Turning the World Upside Down: Plato vs. Nietzsche in an Battle for the Millennials
PHIL 492: Research Internship in Philosophy: "On the Moral Implications and Restrictions Surrounding Affective Computing": Justin Slattery. For a chapter in Affective Sciences in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction, edited by Myounghoon Jeon and published by Elsevier. Mr. Slattery is second author on the paper.
COGS 492: Research Internship in Cognitive Science (CSML): Predicting the NFL: Blake Adams, Cody Baker, Jacob Ball, Corey Cannon, Austin Cibulka, Adam Devery, Jacob Green, Riley Mayr, Craig Schlemmer, Evan Snider, Daniel Waskiewicz
Honors Project Coordinator: Mathematical Modeling in Predictive Contexts. Cody Baker
Fall 2014
PHIL 211: Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 241: Science, Technology and Society. Teaching Interns: Kaci Harrison and Justin Slattery
PHIL 241 (honors): Science, Technology and Society
COGS 492: Research Internship in Cognitive Science (CSML). Technological Enhancement of Humanistic Education. Research Interns: Jacob Green and Austin Willis
Spring 2014
PHIL 221 (honors): Early Modern Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Kasey Michel
PHIL 449 (honors): The Philosophy of Information
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Computer Science Senior Project - CSML): Justin Simerly, Traffic COP (Controller Optimizing Productivity), an agent-based simulation of intelligent stop lights to optimize traffic flow. Winner of the University of Evansville's Most Outstanding Senior Project in Computer Science Award, 2014.
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Ethics Integration Project): Andrew Bollinger, Ethical Issues Surrounding Cyber Warfare.
Fall 2013
PHIL 211: Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 241: Science, Technology and Society. Teaching Intern: Dalton Snyder and Karolina Toth
PHIL 301 (honors): Philosophy of Complex Systems
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Computer Science Senior Project - CSML): Justin Simerly, Traffic COP (Controller Optimizing Productivity), an agent-based simulation of intelligent stop lights to optimize traffic flow.
Summer 2013
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (CSML): Austin Willis, Technological Enhancement of Humanistic Education: Modeling Student Interaction in a Classroom Setting. Supported by the UExplore Undergraduate Research Program, The University of Evansville.
Spring 2013
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Drew Reisinger
COGS 111 (honors): Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Drew Reisinger
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Christopher Harrison
Facilitator, Cognitive Science Proseminar (Weekly meeting of all Cognitive Science majors)
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (CSML): Austin Willis, Technological Enhancement of Humanistic Education: Modeling Student Interaction in a Classroom Setting.
Fall 2012
FYS 120: First Year Seminar: World Classics. Teaching Interns: Matthew Hamilton and Samantha Miller
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science
PHIL 301 (honors): Topic Seminar: Information, Evolution, and Consciousness
Facilitator, Cognitive Science Proseminar (Weekly meeting of all Cognitive Science majors)
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Philosophy/Cognitive Science Senior Project): Christopher Harrison, Philosophical Issues Surrounding the Symbol Grounding Problem
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Psychology Senior Project): Samantha Miller, Motivational Factors in Collaborative Writing Environments
Supervisor, Research Internships in the Digital Humanities Laboratory: Cody Baker and Taylor Martin, Mechanisms for Eliminating the Symbol Grounding Problem
Spring 2012
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Christopher Graham
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Christopher Harrison
COGS 498 (honors): Seminar in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology: Complexity and Cognition
Facilitator, Cognitive Science Proseminar (Weekly meeting of all Cognitive Science majors)
Fall 2011
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Christopher Harrison
PHIL 111: Freshman Seminar in Philosophy: Information, Technology and Society. Teaching Intern: Christopher Graham
PHIL 301 (honors): Topic Seminar: Information Ethics
Facilitator, Cognitive Science Proseminar (Weekly meeting of all Cognitive Science majors)
Undergraduate Research Supervisor: Mason Blankenship, Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Philosophy Senior Project): Christopher Graham, Defending Robot Autonomy
Summer 2011
Undergraduate Research Supervisor: Christopher Harrison, Transforming Standard Databases into Teleodynamic and Predictive Mechanisms. Supported by the UExplore Undergraduate Research Program, The University of Evansville. Some results of this study published as Information-Theoretic Teleodynamics in Natural and Artificial Systems. In A Computable Universe: Understanding Computation & Exploring Nature as Computation, edited by Hector Zenil (World Scientific, 2012), forthcoming. Some results presented as 1) A Brief Introduction to Information-Theoretic Teleodynamics, Info-Metrics: Information Processing across the Sciences. Info-Metrics Institute Workshop on the Philosophy of Information, American University, Washington, D.C., October 3rd, 2011, and 2) Hybrid Networks: Transforming Networks for Social and Textual Analysis into Teleodynamic and Predictive Mechanisms. Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities, Networks and Network Analysis for the Humanities, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California, Los Angeles, October 20th-22nd, 2011.
Undergraduate Research Supervisor: Mason Blankenship and Justin Simerly, Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Spring 2011
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Brent Sigler
PHIL 121 (honors): Introduction to Ethics. Teaching Intern: Matthew Hummel
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy. Teaching Intern: James Will
COGS 498 (honors): Seminar in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology: Information and the Information Society
Facilitator, Cognitive Science Proseminar (Weekly meeting of all Cognitive Science majors)
Advisor for Math 490: Independent Study in Applied Associative Networks for Christopher Harrison in Conjunction with Math 373: Numerical Methods, Professor Talitha Washington
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Computer Science Senior Project): Derek Burrows, Dynamic Associative Network Automatic Document Classification. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Accepted for Presentation at the Undergraduate Conference in Math, Engineering and Science, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana, March 26th, 2011. Winner of the University of Evansville's Outstanding Senior Project in Computer Science Award, 2011.
Undergraduate Research Supervisor: Mason Blankenship, Christopher Harrison, Justin Simerly and Joshua Woody, Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Fall 2010
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Shane Reuter.
PHIL 111: Freshman Seminar: Information, Technology and Society. Teaching Intern: Clayton Moore
PHIL 301 (honors): Topic Seminar: Emergence and Reduction
Independent Study in Cognitive Science: Christopher Harrison, Introduction to Cognitive Science
Facilitator, Cognitive Science Proseminar (Weekly meeting of all Cognitive Science majors)
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Cognitive Science Senior Project): Jareth Purcell, Navigating a Social World without Folk Psychology
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Computer Science Senior Project): Derek Burrows, Dynamic Associative Network Automatic Document Classification. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Undergraduate Research Supervisor: Joshua Woody, Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Summer 2010
Independent Study in Cognitive Science: Paden Gullquist, Introduction to Cognitive Science
Undergraduate Research Supervisor: Joshua Woody, Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Spring 2010
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Intern: Kyle Kinsey
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy. Teaching Intern: Jesse Miller
COGS 498 (honors): Seminar in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology: Artificial Intelligence and Human Cognition
Independent Study in Philosophy: Jesse Miller, Nietzsche and the Question of Ethical Nihilism
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Computer Science Senior Project): Guy Wyant, Dynamic Associative Networks and Automatic Document Classification. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Winner of the University of Evansville's Outstanding Senior Project in Computer Science Award, 2010.
Undergraduate Research Supervisor: Joshua Woody, Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Fall 2009
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Teaching Interns: Shane Reuter and Rikki Weger
PHIL 111: Freshman Seminar: Kantian Ethics. Teaching Intern: Jesse Miller
PHIL 311: Phenomenology and Existentialism
PHIL 359 (honors): Text Seminar: Kant's Critical Philosophy
Independent Study in Philosophy: Jesse Miller, Kantian Ethics
Independent Study in Cognitive Science: Shane Reuter, Is Commonsense Psychology Commonsensical? An Experimental Approach to the Question of Folk Psychology
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Cognitive Science Senior Project): Rikki Weger, The New Eliminativism and Its Implications for Autism Research
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Computer Science Senior Project): Guy Wyant, Dynamic Associative Networks and Automatic Document Classification. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Undergraduate Research Supervisor: Joshua Woody, Noesis: Philosophical Research Online and the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Spring 2009
On Leave for a Digital Humanities Fellowship - No courses
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Computer/Cognitive Science Senior Project): Michael Zlatkovsky, Modeling and Visualizing Dynamic Associative Networks: Towards Developing a More Robust and Biologically-Plausible Cognitive Model. Presented at the Undergraduate Conference in Math, Engineering and Science, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana, April 4th, 2009. Winner of the University of Evansville's Outstanding Senior Project in Computer Science Award, 2009.
Fall 2008
On Leave for a Digital Humanities Fellowship - No courses
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Computer/Cognitive Science Senior Project): Michael Zlatkovsky, Modeling and Visualizing Dynamic Associative Networks: Towards Developing a More Robust and Biologically-Plausible Cognitive Model.
Spring 2008
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy
PHIL 359 (honors): Text Seminar: Kierkegaard's Stages on Life's Way
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Cognitive Science Senior Project): Jonathan Clucas, Cognitive Transfer Via Analogical Reasoning: Applying Lessons to the Wason Selection Task. Presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, April 10th-12th, 2008.
Fall 2007
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science
PHIL 301 (honors): Topic Seminar: Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience
PHIL 311: Phenomenology and Existentialism
Undergraduate Research Supervisor (Cognitive Science Senior Project): Jonathan Clucas, Cognitive Transfer Via Analogical Reasoning: Applying Lessons to the Wason Selection Task
Spring 2007
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science
PHIL 111: Critical Thinking and Philosophy
PHIL 221: Modern European Philosophy
PHIL 491 (honors): Topic Seminar: Philosophical Anthropology
PHIL / REL 499: Senior Seminar
Fall 2006
COGS 111: Introduction to Cognitive Science
PHIL 301 (honors): Text Seminar: Plato's Psychological Dialogues
PHIL 311: Phenomenology and Existentialism
PHIL / REL 499: Senior Seminar
Independent Study in the Philosophy of Cognitive Science: Dirk Eichhorn, Andy Clark on Embodied and Embedded Cognition
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