Boydston Naturalism Research Fellowship
The Center for Inquiry Transnational in Amherst, N.Y. is delighted to announce that it has named Liz Stillwaggon as the Boydston Naturalism Research Fellow for 2007. Ms. Stillwaggon will be in residence at CFI during the fall 2007 semester. Ms. Stillwaggon is a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of South Carolina, and she serves as an assistant editor of the journal Philosophy of Science. Her research pursuits while at CFI will be the development of a naturalistic understanding of the human mind, and the exploration of how artificial intelligence can model human reasoning processes. Stillwaggon will also offer a seminar at CFI on “Mind and Morality.” Her research and teaching will greatly contribute to the CFI’s Naturalism Research Project and its defenses of the scientific and naturalistic worldview. This Naturalism Research Fellowship is funded by Jo Ann Boydston, former director of the Center for Dewey Studies, whose endowment also funds the Jo Ann Boydston Library of American Philosophical Naturalism. CFI’s Naturalism Research Project is a major new effort to develop the theoretical and practical applications of philosophical naturalism. The Center for Inquiry is the world’s foremost not-for-profit organization devoted to the defense of science, reason, and freedom of inquiry. The buildings of the CFI complex now total 35,000 square feet on 7.5 acres. The Center's Libraries hold over 160,000 books, pamphlets, and periodicals, and the archives and papers of noted philosophers and humanists. CFI also has four guest houses for visiting scholars and students in its research park. For more information about the Center for Inquiry, its Naturalism Research Project, and its Libraries, visit http://www.centerforinquiry.net/research/ or contact John Shook, Vice President for Research, at .
