University of Warsaw
Area of Specialization: Cognitive Science (esp. Skill, Perception, Visual Search, Creativity), Action, Phil. of Psychology
Areas of Competence: Mind, Epistemology, Existentialism, Early Chinese Philosophy, Logic, Ethics
Education:
PhD - University of Utah, Philosophy - in progress
BS - University of Oklahoma, Philosophy, December 2016
Spencer A. Ivy
Link to Full CV [Here]
Updated: October 5th, 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
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 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
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
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
Professional Service
Referee & Review Work
Phenomenology & the Cognitive Sciences, Since 2021
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Since 2023
Conference Organizer
Action & Ethics: How, Why, Ought [Program]
Mind the Body: Creativity, Improvisation, and Play in Philosophy & Dance [Website Program]
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
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