Garrett Mindt

I’m currently assistant professor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida, as well as, program director for the Center for the Future Mind. I was previously the Future of Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellow at FAU in the Center for the Future Mind and philosophy department under the supervision of Susan Schneider. Before that I was the Elizabeth R. Koch Research Fellow for Tiny Blue Dot Consciousness Studies based at the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, advised by Giulio Tononi.

My current research is focused on developing a novel information-theoretic metaphysics, and it's connections to issues of the mind, consciousness, and digital/virtual reality, among many related topics. I'm attempting to combine my previous research on the metaphysics of mind and consciousness to apply to a broader scope of issues related to the issues of mind and consciousness. In conjunction I work on AGI/machine consciousness, applying some of the work I've done in the philosophy of mind/consciousness to questions regarding the realization of AGI and machine consciousness.

I earned my PhD from Central European University, Department of Philosophy, under the supervision of Tim Crane and Philip Goff. I completed my MA at the University of Liverpool, supervised by Barry Dainton. Aside from my research on the philosophy and science of consciousness, I also maintain an active interest in the philosophy of AI, metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind, among other topics.