Alison Simmons | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Bucknell University (B.A.); University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.) |
Awards | Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize (2014)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Early modern theories of mind |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor | Gary Hatfield |
Alison Simmons (born 1965) is an American philosopher and Samuel H. Wolcott Professor of Philosophy and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University.[2][3] Her primary scholarly interests are in early modern theories of mind (17th-18th century), the relationship between mind and body, natural philosophy, and sensory perception. With Barbara Grosz, she is co-founder of the Embedded EthiCS program at Harvard, which embeds ethics lessons into computer science courses.