John Kulvicki

John Kulvicki is a Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College, where he has held academic roles since 2004, progressing from Assistant to Associate and finally Full Professor. His primary affiliations include the Department of Philosophy within the Arts & Sciences faculty. He also held postdoctoral positions at Carleton University and Washington University, focusing on Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology.

Education: A.B. in Philosophy from Princeton University (1995), Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago (2001), with a dissertation on 'Pictures and perceptual representations.'

Research Interests: Kulvicki's work spans two core areas: (1) the philosophy of perception, examining how perceptual states represent the environment, the nature of color and secondary qualities, and conscious aspects of sensory experience; and (2) the philosophy of pictorial representation, exploring the nature of images, maps, and their semantic structures. He investigates questions like 'What makes pictures distinct from diagrams?' and 'How do images aid learning about the world?'

Key Contributions: Authored books such as Images (2014) and Modeling the Meanings of Pictures (2020), with influential articles on topics like analog representation, pictorial realism, and auditory perspectives. His work bridges philosophy, cognitive science, and art theory.

Awards & Grants: Includes Dartmouth's Scholarly Innovation Award (2019, 2011), a Fellowship at the Institut d'Études Avancées (Paris, 2018), and grants supporting interdisciplinary projects like 'The Art of Science' (2005).

Teaching: Teaches courses ranging from introductory philosophy to advanced seminars on the philosophy of art, perception, and science. Courses include 'Philosophy of Art,' 'Philosophy of Mind,' and 'Phenomenology and the Mimetic Arts.'

Service: Served as Program Chair for the American Society for Aesthetics (2019), organized conferences like the Anglo-German Picture Theory Group (2018), and contributed to academic governance at Dartmouth through roles like Committee on Instruction Chair.