Robert N. McCauley

William Rand Kenan Jr.
University Professor

Department of Philosophy
561 S. Kilgo Circle
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

404-727-0103
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philrnm@emory.edu
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Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1979

Research: philosophy of science (especially philosophy of psychology), cognitive science of religion, naturalized epistemology

Selected Publications: Rethinking Religion: Connecting Cognition and Culture (Cambridge 1990) and Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms (Cambridge 2002), both with E. Thomas Lawson. Editor of The Churchlands and Their Critics (Blackwell 1996). Research articles in Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Philosophical Psychology, Consciousness and Cognition, Theory and Psychology, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, and History of Religions.

Currently writing a book comparing the cognitive foundations of science and religion.

Fellowships and Honors: grants or fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, British Academy, National Endowment for the Humanities, Lilly Endowment, American Academy of Religion, Templeton Foundation, and Council for Philosophical Studies; Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, 1996; Massée-Martin/NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor (1994-1998, inaugural appointment); President, Society for Philosophy and Psychology (1997-1998).