Associate Professor
חבר/ת סגל אקדמי בכיר
Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
93 - Information Systems Engineering Dept. Room 18, Marcus Campus
Prof. Nir Fresco
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08-642-8250
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About
I am an Associate Professor in the Departments of Industrial Engineering & Management and Philosophy, at Ben-Gurion University, and the principle investigator of the Epistemology and Cognition Lab. Most of my work is in the foundations of cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of computation and information, and philosophy of mind. One branch of my research focuses on understanding?from informational and computational perspectives?how information processing contributes to our cognitive life. To that effect, I study the explanatory roles computation and information play in cognitive neuroscience. Another branch of research, which is undertaken in the Lab, combines philosophical and behavioural methods to study the relation between automaticity, habit formation, and skill acquisition in humans.
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Courses
Scientific Writing and Critical Thinking for Graduates in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophical Aspects of Cognition and Mind: the 4E approaches
Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
Computation and Information: Philosophical Aspects
Philosophical Foundations for the Cognitive Sciences
Philosophical Foundations of the Psychological Science
Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophical Aspects of Cognition and Mind: the 4E approaches
Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
Computation and Information: Philosophical Aspects
Philosophical Foundations for the Cognitive Sciences
Philosophical Foundations of the Psychological Science
Publications
2 most recent publications:
Fresco, N. and Shagrir, O. (2026). The Challenge of Miscomputation. American Philosophical Quarterly. 63 (3).
Arieh Schwartz & Nir Fresco (2025) Mapping content: why cognitive maps are non-conceptual mental states. Synthese. 205 (95)
Fresco, N. and Shagrir, O. (2026). The Challenge of Miscomputation. American Philosophical Quarterly. 63 (3).
Arieh Schwartz & Nir Fresco (2025) Mapping content: why cognitive maps are non-conceptual mental states. Synthese. 205 (95)
