another bad hair day
 







 
I used to want to be a  composer.  Here are a few of my compositions.

Five Short Pieces for Piano
(1985)

Sum-Scale Invention (1985)
(for solo flute)

Coming eventually:
Kyrie (1982)
(for a capella chorus SATB)

















                   Some Links     
Stanford Internet Encyclopedia
of Philosophy
Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
Dave Chalmers's Home Page
ANU Centre for Consiousness
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
Tucson Center for  Consciousness Studies
US Philosophy Departments
Moses (1,2,3)
Mr Peabody (1, 2)


College of Arts and Letters

David Pitt
Associate Professor


Department of Philosophy

Office:  E&T A-424
Phone:  (323) 343-4192
Email:  d p i t t  AT c a l s t a t e l a  DOT e d u

My CV

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and metaphysics. My current project in philosophy of mind is a phenomenally-based theory of thought content.


 PUBLICATIONS

"Intentional Psychologism"  forthcoming, Philosophical Studies
"The Phenomenology of Cognition, or, What Is It Like to Think That P?" Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, 2004
"Mental Representation"  Stanford Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2000/20004
"On Markerese"  Philosophical Forum, 2003
"Alter Egos and Their Names"  Journal of Philosophy, 2001
"Compositional Idioms"  Language 2000 (with Jerrold J. Katz)
"Nativism and the Theory of Content"  Protosociology, 2000
"In Defense of Definitions"  Philosophical Psychology, 1999 
"What Is Tonality?"  International Journal of Musiciology, 1995

UNPUBLICATIONS (Work in progress; comments appreciated; do not quote or distribute without permission.)

"Introspective Availability of Intentional Content"
"Unconscious Intentionality"
"Realist Bundle Theory"
"The Burgean Intuitions"


EDUCATION

PhD, Philosophy, 1994

City University of New York, Graduate Center

MA, Music (Composition), 1985
Queens College, City University of New York

BA, Music, 1981

Haverford College


COURSES:  SPRING 2008

Course Sect. Title Day & Time Room WebCT Page
151 01
Philosophical Ideas: Knowledge & Reality MW 9:50-11:30
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02 Philosophical Ideas: Knowledge & Reality MW11:40-1:20
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460 01 Metaphysics MW 4:20-6:00
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OFFICE HOURS:  SPRING 2008

MW 2:00-4:00; by appointment