PHILOSOPHY & HISTORY OF OLFACTION ANN-SOPHIE BARWICH
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Ann-Sophie Barwich, PhD

I am a cognitive scientist and empirical philosopher (Wikipedia page).

I am
 an Assistant Professor at Indiana University Bloomington. I divide my brain-time between the Department of History & Philosophy of Science and the Cognitive Science Program.

THE STINK TANK (EEG/Olfactometry): TO THE LAB WEBSITE



Book(s)

My first book Smellosophy: What the Nose tells the Mind highlights the importance of thinking about the sense of smell as a model for neuroscience and the senses (Harvard University Press, 2020).

My research in the Philosophy of Olfaction investigates:
  • How does the brain make sense of scents?
  • What are the perceptual dimensions of smell?
  • What are the epistemic, empirical, and social factors that define ongoing science (in comparison with the philosophical study of historical episodes)?

I am currently working on Book 2. The brain and...? Stay tuned. In slow motion. 


Short Bio

Previously, I was a Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience at The Center for Science & Society, Columbia University (2015-2018). There, I was the resident philosopher in the laboratory of the neuroscientist Stuart Firestein.

Further, I have held a Research Fellowship at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Vienna (2013-15). I received my PhD in Philosophy at the Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences, University of Exeter (2013), for my thesis titled, “Making Sense of Smell: Classifications and Model Thinking in Olfaction Theory;" and I hold an MA in Philosophy and Literature Theory from the Humboldt-University, Berlin (2009), with a thesis on causality in Leibniz and its relevance for theories of biological classification. 


I am also fascinated by (the history of) magic for its implications in understanding the effects that conjuring tricks play on our minds. ​

Contact: as.barwich_at_gmail.com               

Online presence / writing
  • Sci-Comm Blog "Molecules to Mind" | Psychology Today
  • I write short, informal and personal/philosophical pieces on Medium: Medium Blog
  • No, I'm not on Twitter anymore. Permanently. Here is why.
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