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Cameron Alexander serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Zurich since August 2025, specializing in Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Social Cognition, and 4E (embodied, extended, embedded, enactive) approaches to cognition.
His academic background includes:
- Doctorate in Theoretical Philosophy from the University of Zurich (2020-2025), supervised by Prof. Dr. Hans-Johann Glock under the Swiss National Fund NCCR project Evolving Language
- Master (Research) in Philosophy from the Universiteit van Amsterdam (2016-2018)
- Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Glasgow (2011-2015)
His research interrogates how cognition emerges through bodily engagement with environments and social contexts, challenging traditional intellectualist theories of mind. The dissertation project "Situating Other Minds" develops frameworks for understanding intersubjective cognition through situated and dynamic processes, emphasizing that mental state attribution operates via embodied practices rather than theoretical inference.
Recent publications reveal a systematic critique of representationalist paradigms in cognitive science. The 2025 article establishes foundational principles of 4E cognitive science, while the 2023 collaborative paper demonstrates how "script-reading" mechanisms can explain social cognition without attributing complex mental state reasoning. Both works exhibit interdisciplinary integration of philosophical analysis with empirical findings from comparative psychology and cognitive neuroscience.
Doctoral research was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation's Evolving Language NCCR project. No current advising roles or additional grants are documented in available sources.
He contributes to the Evolving Language National Centre of Competence in Research, an interdisciplinary consortium investigating language evolution through biological, cultural, and cognitive lenses. His work specifically advances the project's social cognition research stream through philosophical frameworks for situated intersubjectivity.
