I am a philosopher working on mind and technology from a situated, embodied cognition perspective. Though situated cognition has made a splash in research in the cognitive sciences, only recently have scientists begun to realise just how much embodiment influences and supports the way we remember. That is why, in philosophy of mind, I work on embodied approaches to scenario construction in episodic memory. And it is the reason why my work on philosophy of technology, involves the cognitive enhancement of our natural capacities for remembering through embodied mnemonics. I also have an interest in the ethics of social robotics, on which I have published some work.
Recently, I've been elected to join the Global Young Faculty initiative, hosted by the Stiftung Mercator in cooperation with the University Alliance Ruhr.
Previously, I obtained my doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Wollongong, Australia, with Patrick McGivern and Robert A. Wilson (UWA), where I also taught in philosophy and computing science. As part of my doctoral studies, I was a visiting postgraduate researcher at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, where I worked with Andy Clark and others. Prior to my doctoral project, I studied Philosophy (MA, BA) and Artificial Intelligence (BSc) at Radboud University, the Netherlands.
On this page you will find a selection of my research as pertaining to the current research project. For more information about my research, please take a look at my website.
Selected Publications
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Constructing a wider view on memory - Beyond the dichotomy of field and observer perspectivesPeeters, A., Cosentino, E., & Werning, M.In A. Berninger & Ferran, Í. V. (Eds.), Philosophical Perspectives on Memory and Imagination (pp. 165–190) London: Routledge
2021
How do we perceive cultural affordances?Peeters, A.Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 113(3)2019
Misplacing memories? An enactive approach to the virtual memory palacePeeters, A., & Segundo-Ortin, M.Consciousness and Cognition, 76, 1028342018
The roots of remembering: Radically enactive recollection-
Constructing a wider view on memory - Beyond the dichotomy of field and observer perspectivesPeeters, A., Cosentino, E., & Werning, M.In A. Berninger & Ferran, Í. V. (Eds.), Philosophical Perspectives on Memory and Imagination (pp. 165–190) London: Routledge
2021
How do we perceive cultural affordances?Peeters, A.Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 113(3)2019
Misplacing memories? An enactive approach to the virtual memory palacePeeters, A., & Segundo-Ortin, M.Consciousness and Cognition, 76, 1028342018
The roots of remembering: Radically enactive recollectionHutto, D. D., & Peeters, A.In K. Michaelian, Debus, D., & Perrin, D. (Eds.), New Directions in Philosophy of Memory (pp. 97–118) New York: Routledgeunder review
Why we can be virtuous towards robotsEnactivism as a philosophy of technology: A dynamical-systems approach to human-technology relationsThe research unit FOR 2812 "Constructing scenarios of the past: A new framework in episodic memory" is a project funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). The research unit studies the cognitive and neuronal mechanisms underlying scenario construction in episodic memory. We employ and integrate approaches from Philosophy, Psychology, and Experimental and Computational Neuroscience.
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