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Spencer Ivy

Area of Specialization: Philosophies of Action & Perception, Cognitive Science, Aesthetics

Areas of Competence: Mind, Epistemology, Early Chinese Philosophy, Neuroscience & Ethics

Current Employment: 

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Warsaw

Education:

PhD - University of Utah, Philosophy - May 2023

BS - University of Oklahoma, Philosophy, December 2016

Link to Full CV [Here]       Updated: November 21, 2024

Public Philosophy

The Free Syllabus System: A new course paradigm for theory-

based philosophy classes

Spencer Ivy. The Blog of the APA. November 2, (2022).

Link to the article is [Here]

Chile's new constitution offers unique opportunity to rethink

workers’ rights in the digital age

Spencer Ivy, Claudio Gutierrez. Global Voices. June 17, (2021).

Link to the article is [Here]

Trabajo Digital Justo y Digno en la Nueva Constitucion 

(Just & Dignified Digital Work in the New Constitution)

Spencer Ivy, Claudio Gutierrez. CIPER Academico. March 30,

(2021). Rpt. in AAU Universidad De Chile. April, 2021.

Spanish Version [Here]; English Version [Here]

Comment on "Kandinsky & Loss"

Spencer Ivy in conversation with S.Y. Her. The Philosopher's Meme. December 4, (2017). [Here]

Empirical Research

Visual Expertise is More Than Meets the Eye:
An examination of holistic visual processing in radiologists and architects.

Ivy, S., Rohovit, T., Stefanucci, J., Stokes, D., Mills, M., Drew, T., Journal of Medical Imaging. (2023) 

doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.10.1.015501.

Link to Preprint is Available - [Here

Through the Eyes of the Expert: Evaluating Holistic Processing in Architects Through Gaze-Contingent Viewing

Ivy, S., Rohovit, T., Lavelle, M., Padilla, L., Stefanucci, J., Stokes, D., Drew, T., Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. (2021).

doi: 0.3758/s13423-020-01858-w

Link to Preprint is Available - [Here]

Presentations and Invited Lectures

Accounting for Action in Object Perception

Cognitive Science Society, Rotterdam NL (2024)

European Society for Philosophy & Psychology, Grenoble FR (2024)

Framing Effects in Object Perception

APA Central Division Invited Symposium (2025)

Epistemic Role of Perceptual Consciousness, Kraków PL (2024)

Expertise Isn't Flying, It's Falling with Style!

(Winner of the Best Graduate Essay Prize)

Rocky Mountain ASA, Santa Fe NM (2023) [Program]

Invited Commentary: "Approaching the Wu-Wei Paradox Through the Lens of Cognitive Science: A Possible Interpretation of the Daodejing"

Central APA Meeting, Denver CO (2023)

The Role of Creativity in Skilled Action and Expertise

Uehiro Graduate Philosophy Conference, Spring 2022 [Program]

Gateway Graduate Philosophy Conference, Spring 2022 [Program]

Getting Sophisticated: In Favor of Hybrid Views of Skilled Action in Expertise

Enactivism and Phenomenology: State of the Dialog,

Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic, Fall 2021 [Program];

Southern Society for Philosophy & Psychology, Spring 2022 [Program]

Virtual Vision Futures, VISTA - Center of Vision Research

York University, Summer 2021 [Program];

U of U Philosophy Club Guest Lecture Series, Fall 2021 [Program]

The Limits & Future of Holistic Visual Processing in Visual Expertise

MHTN Architecture attitude|design Lecture Series

Salt Lake City, Summer 2021. [Program]

Perceptual Expertise & Creative Diversity in Design

The Social Moral and Political Impact of Virtual Technology, Santiago Chile, Spring 2021. [Program]

Responsible Automation in the Digital Age

Intermountain Philosophy Conference, University of Utah, Fall 2020 [Program]

Procedural Automaticity and Holistic Cognition in Expert Activity

Vision Sciences Society, St. Petersburg Florida, Summer 2020

[Program] [Poster]

Through the Eyes of the Experts

Southwest Seminar in Continental Philosophy, University of Utah, Spring 2019 [Program]

Nietzsche: Artist, Creator, Educator

Intermountain Philosophy Conference, Utah Valley University, Fall 2019 [Program]

Nature's Way (Or the Way of the Sage): A resolution to the pragmatic contradiction of the Daodejing

Intermountain Philosophy Conference, University of Utah, Fall 2018

Leibniz: A Compatibilist Account of Contingency​

Attentively

University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville (2015); Marist College (2015);

University of San Diego (2016);

University of Oklahoma (2016);

University of Central Oklahoma (2016)

Philosophical Research

Framing Effects in Object Perception

Ivy, S., Mroczko-Wąsowicz, A. Review of Philosophy & Psychology. (forthcoming)

Link to Preprint is Available [Here]

Accounting for Action: Challenging the Traditional View

of Multimodal Perceptual Objects

Mroczko-Wąsowicz, A., Ivy, S., Bachanek, M., & Cząstkiewicz, A. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, (2024). Link - [Here

Unconscious Intelligence in the Skilled Control of Expert Action

Spencer Ivy. Journal of Consciousness Studies. (2023) doi: 10.53765/20512201.30.3.059

Link to Preprint is Available - [Here]

Getting Sophisticated: In Favor of Hybrid Views of Skilled Action in Expertise

Spencer Ivy. Southwest Philosophy Review. (2023) 

Link to Preprint is Available - [Here]

The Role of Creativity in Expertise and Skilled Action

Spencer Ivy. Synthese. (2022).

doi: 10.1007/s11229-022-03822-8

Link to Preprint is Available - [Here]

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