Curriculum Vitae

Majid D. Beni

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ORCID: 0000-0002-8719-0825

EMPLOYMENT

Assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (2020-present)

Instructor at Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan City (2019-2020)

Assistant professor at the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran (2013-2019)

EDUCATION

2000-2004, BA, Film Studies, Art University, Tehran

2004-2008, MA, Philosophy, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran

2008-2013, PhD philosophy of science; Philosophy of Science department, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran

Director of the thesis: Prof. Richard Creath         

 2012-2013 Visiting scholar at SoLS, ASU, 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Philosophy of cognitive sciences, philosophy of science, 

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

History of analytic philosophy, philosophy of Rudolf Carnap, philosophy of mind, philosophy of information, philosophy of mathematics, 

GRANTS and AWARDs

The DAAD grant. Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists. 1.5.2022-31.7.2022. Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP)

The Science Academy- Turkey- Bilim Akademisi 2022 BAGEP Young Scientist Award

The Biosemiotic Achievement Award for 2021, in conjunction with Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen for the paper “Active Inference and Abduction” published in Biosemiotics volume 14, issue 2 (August 2021), pages 499–517

METU Academic Performance Awards 2021 

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 

Associate member of the Association for Mathematical Consciousness Science (AMCS)

Associate editor of the Brains Blog

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Monographs 

Edited volumes

Frontiers in Psychology's special issue on Distributed and Embodied Cognition in Scientific Contexts

Journal Articles


 Book chapters

Book reviews 

TALKS

Talks as Invited or Keynote Speaker:

Talks as Speaker:

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

Have been a referee for the following journals:

Axiomathes, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Biosemiotics, European Journal of Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, Foundations of Science, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Mind & Language, Minds and Machines, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Philosophers' Imprint 

TEACHING 

These are some of the topics that I am teaching on a regular basis; 

Philosophy of science; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of cognitive science; Philosophy of life sciences

SUPERVISION 

I have supervised dissertations that fit in with my expertise, and I continue to do so.