Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Warsaw
Spencer Ivy
Area of Specialization: Philosophies of Action & Perception, Cognitive Science, Aesthetics
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Areas of Competence: Mind, Epistemology, Early Chinese Philosophy, Neuroscience & Ethics
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Current Employment:
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Warsaw
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Education:
PhD - University of Utah, Philosophy - May 2023
BS - University of Oklahoma, Philosophy, December 2016
Link to Full CV [Here] Updated: May 25, 2025
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.
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]
Philosophical Research
Do perceivers contribute to object perception?
Ivy, S., Mroczko-WÄ…sowicz, A.,Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, (forthcoming). Link - [Here]
Framing Effects in Object Perception
Ivy, S., Mroczko-WÄ…sowicz, A. Review of Philosophy & Psychology. (forthcoming)
Link to Preprint is Available [Here]
Accounting for Action: Challenging the Traditional View
of Multimodal Perceptual Objects
Mroczko-WÄ…sowicz, A., Ivy, S., Bachanek, M., & CzÄ…stkiewicz, A. Proceedings of tthe 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]
Presentations and Invited Lectures
Do perceivers contribute to object perception? A taxonomy of subject dependency
5th Annual Conference of Mind & AI, Porto PT (2025)
Cognitive Science Society, San Francisco (2025)
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]
The Limits & Future of Holistic Visual Processing in Visual Expertise
Virtual Vision Futures, VISTA - Center of Vision Research
York University, Summer 2021 [Program];
U of U Philosophy Club Guest Lecture Series, Fall 2021 [Program]
Perceptual Expertise & Creative Diversity in Design
MHTN Architecture attitude|design Lecture Series
Salt Lake City, Summer 2021. [Program]
Responsible Automation in the Digital Age
The Social Moral and Political Impact of Virtual Technology, Santiago Chile, Spring 2021. [Program]
Procedural Automaticity and Holistic Cognition in Expert Activity
Intermountain Philosophy Conference, University of Utah, Fall 2020 [Program]
Through the Eyes of the Experts
Nietzsche: Artist, Creator, Educator
Southwest Seminar in Continental Philosophy, University of Utah, Spring 2019 [Program]
Nature's Way (Or the Way of the Sage): A resolution to the pragmatic contradiction of the Daodejing
Intermountain Philosophy Conference, Utah Valley University, Fall 2019 [Program]
Attentively
Intermountain Philosophy Conference, University of Utah, Fall 2018
Leibniz: A Compatibilist Account of Contingency​
University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville (2015); Marist College (2015);
University of San Diego (2016);
University of Oklahoma (2016);
University of Central Oklahoma (2016)