Rosa Cao

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

2021-22 Courses

Citizenship in the 21st Century
COLLEGE 102 (Win)
Explanation in Neuroscience
PHIL 368A (Aut)
Philosophy of Biology
PHIL 168R, PHIL 268R (Aut)
Philosophy of Neuroscience
PHIL 167D, PHIL 267D, SYMSYS 167D (Win)

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Neurosciences
  NEPR 299 (Spr)
- Individual Work for Graduate Students
  PHIL 240 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Individual Work, Undergraduate
  PHIL 197 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Tutorial, Senior Year
  PHIL 196 (Aut, Win, Spr)

Prior Year Courses

2020-21 Courses

Philosophy and Science Fiction
PHIL 7N (Aut)
Philosophy of Neuroscience
PHIL 167D, PHIL 267D, SYMSYS 167D (Win)
Topics in Neuroscience
PHIL 368A (Win)

2019-20 Courses

Naturalizing Content
PHIL 182B, PHIL 282B (Win)
Philosophy of Biology: Learning and Evolution
PHIL 368 (Aut)
Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 186, PHIL 286 (Aut)
Philosophy of Neuroscience
PHIL 167D, PHIL 267D, SYMSYS 167D (Win)

2018-19 Courses

Grad Seminar: Philosophy of Neuroscience
PHIL 360 (Win)
Naturalizing Representation
PHIL 182A, PHIL 282A (Aut)
Philosophy and Science Fiction
PHIL 7N (Aut)
Philosophy of Neuroscience
PHIL 167D, PHIL 267D, SYMSYS 167D (Win)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Grace Huckins, Luke Pistol, Lara Spencer
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Imran Thobani, Sally Tilton

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