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Javier Gomez-Lavin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University, specializing in cognitive science, moral psychology, and philosophy of mind. He directs the Purdue Normativity and Cognitions (PuNCs) lab, integrating experimental social psychology and analytical philosophy of science to explore how cognition interacts with social, aesthetic, and moral domains.
- Education: Ph.D. from the City University of New York (2018)
- Prior Roles: Sessional Assistant Professor at York University (Toronto), Provost Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (2018–2021), Guest Researcher at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (2016–2021)
Research Themes include interdisciplinary investigations of working memory, collective action, moral responsibility, and the aesthetic self. His work bridges empirical methods with philosophical analysis, particularly through collaborations with neuroscience and AI ethics frameworks.
Article Trends reflect a focus on cognitive mechanisms (working memory, neural networks), moral psychology (collective action, identity), and interdisciplinary critiques (fMRI epistemology, AI ethics). Keywords cluster around Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Philosophy, with subfields like Normative Systems and Moral Selfhood.
Scientific Awards & Grants:
- Templeton Foundation Grant (Co-PI, 2016–2018)
- Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (2018–2021)
Labs & Collaborations: Leads the PuNCs Lab at Purdue, previously collaborated with the MIRA Lab at UPenn and the Berlin School of Mind and Brain.
