Rotem Herrmann

Rotem Herrmann serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Macalester College, based in Old Main, Room 100. Her research bridges philosophical inquiry with empirical studies of cognition, focusing on foundational questions about mental processes and embodied experience.

Her primary research areas include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of cognitive science, and phenomenology. Recent work centers on procedural memory (memory of physical skill), where she develops a phenomenological framework informed by Merleau-Ponty's theories. This approach integrates habit, intentionality, time-consciousness, and kinesthetics to redefine procedural memory's role in action and its implications for broader memory theory. Her scholarship challenges conventional cognitive models by emphasizing embodied, lived experience over purely computational accounts.

Herrmann maintains active scholarly engagement through departmental affiliations in Philosophy, with contact via rherrman@macalester.edu. While specific advising relationships and awards aren't documented in the source material, her research trajectory indicates significant contributions to interdisciplinary studies of mind and cognition.