Anders Nes

Anders Nes is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NTNU in Trondheim. His research focuses on philosophy of mind, perception, language, and action, with notable contributions to debates on the perception-cognition distinction and the nature of conscious inference. He has held previous affiliations including Researcher at the Center for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN) in Oslo, and fellowships at Oxford University's Christ Church and Balliol Colleges. Nes actively participates in academic dissemination, including panel discussions on AI ethics and digitalization. He organizes the Trondheim Philosophy of Perception Circle and teaches advanced perception seminars. His work bridges analytic philosophy with cognitive science, emphasizing phenomenological and epistemological dimensions of mental processes.

Research interests include philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence, non-conceptual content in utterance comprehension, and the phenomenology of thinking. Key themes in his writing address intentional processes, modular stimulus-control in perception, and the role of consciousness in inferential reasoning. Nes' recent articles explore reasons-responsive embodied processes and the epistemic roles of perception versus cognition.