Meet the Team
Principal Investigators
Johannes Mahr
Assistant Professor of PhilosophyJohannes Mahr is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Cognitive Science Program at York University. His work focuses on the cognitive and social dimensions of episodic memory, imagination, and human communication.
Laura Soter
Assistant Professor of PhilosophyLaura Soter is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Cognitive Science Program at York University. Her work focuses on topics relating to belief, mental control, and moral psychology.
Postdocs and Graduate Students
Joshua Myers
Postdoctoral ResearcherJoshua Myers is a postdoc in the philosophy department at York University. He received his PhD in philosophy from New York University. His research lies at the intersection of philosophy of mind, epistemology, and cognitive science, with a focus on the imagination and imagistic representation. In his free time, he likes to cook delicious food, noodle around on the guitar, listen to (mostly scary) music, and walk all over the place.
Vivyen Sağsen
PhD Student Vivyen Sağsen is a PhD student in the philosophy department at York University. She is interested in the overlaps between philosophy of mind, cognitive science and ethics, with a growing curiosity about memory and moral psychology. Outside of academia, she enjoys experimental filmmaking and taking on side quests.