Todd Ganson

  • Professor of Philosophy

Areas of Study

Education

  • BA, University California Davis, 1992
  • MA, Cornell University, 1994
  • PhD, Cornell University, 1999

Biography

Todd Ganson's area of specialization is philosophy of perception. 

“The Senses as Signaling Systems,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)

“Sensory Malfunctions, Limitations, and Trade-Offs,” Synthese (forthcoming)

“Aristotle on Perception as Representation,” forthcoming in a volume in the series Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind

“On the Generality of Experience: A Reply to French and Gomes,” Philosophical Studies 173 (2016), 3223-3229 (with Neil Mehta)

“Burge’s Defense of Perceptual Content,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 88 (2014) (with Ben Bronner and Alex Kerr)

“Are Color Experiences Representational?,” Philosophical Studies 166 (2013), 1-20

“Visual Prominence and Representationalism,” Philosophical Studies 164 (2013), 405-418 (with Ben Bronner)

“Everyday Thinking about Bodily Sensations,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 88 (2010), 523-34 (with Dorit Ganson)

“The Rational/Non-Rational Distinction in Plato's Republic,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy XXXVI (2009), 179-197

“Reid’s Rejection of Intentionalism,” Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy IV (2008), 245-263

Fall 2024

Problems of Philosophy — PHIL 126

Spring 2025

Ancient Philosophy — PHIL 215
Philosophy of Mind — PHIL 228

Notes

Todd Ganson Paper Published as Chapter in a Book

August 30, 2024

Professor of Philosophy Todd Ganson published the paper “Not All Sensory Systems Are Information Channels: Outliers from Plant Biology and Beyond.” It appears as a chapter in the book Philosophy of Plant Cognition, published by Routledge.

Todd Ganson Presents at American Philosophical Association

April 29, 2022

Professor of Philosophy Todd Ganson presented his paper, "Do selective forces favor sensory accuracy?" at the Pacific meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Vancouver.

Todd Ganson Gives Talk at University of Basel, Switzerland

October 25, 2021

Professor of Philosophy Todd Ganson gave the talk, "Not All Sensory Systems are Information Channels," at the conference “Green Intelligence? Debating Plant Cognition” at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Todd Ganson publishes review of 'Representation in Cognitive Science'

August 27, 2021

Professor of Philosophy Todd Ganson has published a review of the book Representation in Cognitive Science in the journal Mind.

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This Week in Photos: A Classy View

March 19, 2021

Professor Todd Ganson’s problems of philosophy class in the Peters Hall Language Lab serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.

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