Gabriel Siegel

Starting Fall 2025, I will be an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.

I am currently a doctoral candidate in the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program at Washington University in St. Louis (visiting at UC Berkeley for the 2024-2025 academic year.) I received my MA in Philosophy from Tufts University.

I work in the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and philosophy of science. My research aims to better understand perceptual consciousness and explanatory practices in psychology and neuroscience. 

I am currently writing a dissertation on vestibular perception and self-awareness. My dissertation committee is composed of Casey O'Callaghan (chair), Carl F. Craver, Jake Quilty-Dunn (Rutgers) and Frédérique de Vignemont (Jean Nicod). 

I am also a member of Richard Abrams's Attention and Performance Lab.

Publications

(2025) "Can Basic Perceptual Features Be Learned?" Synthese. [penultimate draft] 

(2024) "Scientific Understanding as Narrative Intelligibility" Philosophical Studies. [penultimate draft] 

(2024) "Phenomenological Laws and Mechanistic Explanations" (with Carl F. Craver) Philosophy of Science. [open access]

(2022) “Perceptual Modes of Presentation as Object Files” Erkenntnis. [penultimate draft]

Contact: gabriel.siegel@wustl.edu