Jeff Buechner (PhD, Rutgers University) works primarily in the philosophy of mind and psychology, and explores connections between these areas and mathematics and computer science. In particular, he is interested in how results in computational complexity theory can be used in adjudicating issues in the philosophy of mind - for instance, in refuting certain kinds of triviality arguments against computationalism. His book, Gödel, Putnam and Functionalism: A New Reading of Representation and Reality (MIT Press, 2008) is a detailed examination of four important arguments that Hilary Putnam gave against functionalism, as well as a critique of John Searle's metaphysics of computation.

Jeff can be reached at

buechner AT rci.rutgers.edu.