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Mohan Matthen

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Professor Emeritus/EmeritaDepartment of PhilosophyUniversity of Toronto

Mohan Matthen

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Department of Philosophy

University of Toronto Mississauga

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 SSHRC), most recently in 2017.

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Philosophy and multisensory perception
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$10,371
Canada Research Chair in Philosophy, Perception, and Communication
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$1,400,000
The senses: towards an integrated perspective
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$199,400

All 10 grants and awards

Philosophy and multisensory perception

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan P.

Keywords: perception; philosophy; multisensory perception; psychology

$10,371

Canada Research Chair in Philosophy, Perception, and Communication

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan

Keywords: senses, perception, knowledge, certainty, empiricism, philosophy of perception

$1,400,000

The senses: towards an integrated perspective

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan P.

Keywords: perception; senses; multisensory integration; perceptual knowledge; philosophy of perception; sensory psychology; cognitive neuroscience; epistemology

$199,400

Sense and image

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan P.

Keywords: philosophy; cognitive science; perception; senses; images; knowledge; empiricism; epistemic action

$51,045

Origin of species at 150: a celebratory conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan P.

Keywords: evolution; Darwin; philosophy of biology; history of biology; natural selection; evo-devo; theism and evolution; species; biological systematics

$17,000

The senses: modality and multimodality in perception

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan P.

Keywords: philosophy of perception; sensation; philosophy of cognitive science; sensory psychology

$55,000

How we see things

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan P.

Keywords: cognitive science; perception; object perception; epistemology; mind

$101,300

Consortium for the history and philosophy of biology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Walsh, Denis M.

Keywords: philosophy of science; history of science; scientific explanation; evolutionary theory; conceptual foundations of biology

$72,977

Philosophy, Perception and Communication

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan

Keywords: philosophy of perception, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, cognitive science, evolution, epistemology, ancient greek philosophy, aristotle

$1,400,000

Perception, memory, and time

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Matthen, Mohan P.

Keywords: philosophy; memory; perception; vision; theoretical psychology; consciousness

$161,750

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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