University of Utah
Area of Specialization: Cognitive Science, Action, Visual Search
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Areas of Competence: Mind & Perception, Epistemology, Existentialism, Early Chinese Philosophy, Logic, Ethics, Religion
Education:
PhD - University of Utah, Philosophy - in progress
BS - University of Oklahoma, Philosophy, December 2016
Spencer A. Ivy
Link to Full CV [Here]
Updated: June 10th, 2023
Graduate Coursework
At The University of Utah (*Audits):
Aristotle, Siebels-Peterson, Fall 2017
Personal Identity, Millgram, Fall 2017
Practical Reasoning, Andreou, Fall 2017
Adv. Deductive Logic, Schupbach, Spring 2018
Attention: Art & Aesthetics, Stokes, Spring 2018
Writing the Philosophy Book, Battin, Spring 2018
Metaphysics, Siebels-Peterson & Schupbach, Fall 2018
Nietzsche, Millgram, Fall 2018
Perception, Stokes, Fall 2018
Bioethics, Battin & Friedman, Spring 2019
Classical Chinese Philosophy, Hutton, Spring 2019
Early Modern Rationalists, Newmann, Spring 2019
*Inductive Logic, Schupbach, Spring 2019
*Free Will, Keith Lehrer, Fall 2019
*Pragmatism, Millgram, Fall 2019
*John Locke, Newmann, Spring 2020
*Philosophy of the Daodejing, Hutton, Fall 2020
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At The University of Oklahoma:
Epistemology, Priselac, Fall 2014
Philosophy of Religion, Judisch, Fall 2014
Plato, Benson, Spring 2015
Aristotle, Benson, Fall, 2015
Philosophy of Physics, Hawthorne, Fall 2015
Formal Systems & Logic, Hawthorne, Spring 2016
Ethics, Zagzebski, Spring 2016
Early Chinese Philosophy, Olberding, Fall 2016
Honors and Awards
Tanner Humanities Research Fellowship
2022 - 2023
DEE Foundation Grant
"Mind the Body: Creativity, Improvisation, & Play in
Philosophy and Dance" An Interdisciplinary
Conference/Workshop for philosophers & artists
2022-2023
Tanner Research Faculty Supplemental Support Grant
2022-2023
MHTN attitude|design Keynote Honorarium
2021
Tanner Excellence Award for Events and Service
2021-2022
Graduate Term Afield Research Fellowship
2019 - 2020
2017 - Present
Utah Doctoral Research Fellowship
Professional Service
Referee & Review Work
Phenomenology & the Cognitive Sciences, Since Fall 2021
Action & Ethics: How, Why, Ought [Program]
Mind the Body: Creativity, Improvisation, and Play in Philosophy & Dance [Website Program]
Conference Organizer
MAP Officer: Events, Web Design
2021 - Present
Founder, President Utah Graduate Student Committee
2022-3, Faculty Liaison & Grad Representative (Attends Faculty Meetings to represent Graduate Student Interests)
University of Utah Tutor for Deductive Logic
2022 - Present
Graduate Reading Group Founder, Organizer
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Summer 2019. [Syllabus]
Sellars' Empiricism & the Philosophy of Mind, Fall 2019
Invited Speaker Seminar: Sarah Buss, Spring 2019.
Thompson's Life & Action, Spring 2020
Heidegger's Being & Time Div. I, Summer 2020. [Syllabus]
McDowell's Mind & World, Summer 2020. [Syllabus]
Kant's Critique of Practical Judgment, Summer 2021 [Syllabus]
Simone Weil's Gravity & Grace, Summer 2022 [Syllabus]
Graduate Student Works In Progress Talks Host
2017 - Present [Example Program 1] [Example Program 2]
Graduate Student Committee for Tenure & Retention Review
2017 - Present
Applying to Graduate School in Philosophy Workshop
Summer 2021, 2022
Professional Affiliations
Southwestern Philosophical Society
2022 -Present
Southern Society of Philosophy & Psychology
2021 - Present
2020 - Present
American Philosophical Association
Vision Science Society
2020 -2021
ORCID
PhilPeople
Global Voices
Publons Profile
University of Utah Chapter - MAP Officer
Organization and Events Officer
Selected Non-Academic Work
McAllister & Quinn | Grant Writer, Reviewer, Editor, 2022 - Present
Liberty Mountain Sports | Systems Administrator, | 2017 - 2021
University of Oklahoma IT Support | Helpdesk & Service Delivery Specialist | 2014 - 2017
Presentations and Invited Lectures
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]​
Enactivism and Phenomenology: State of the Dialog,
Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic, Fall 2021 [Program];
Southern Society for Philosophy & Psychology, Spring 2022 [Program]
Getting Sophisticated: In Favor of Hybrid Views of Skilled Action in 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]
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
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
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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)
ASA: Rocky Mountain Division, 2023
Best Graduate Essay Award: Center for Philosophical Study