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My research interests are in the areas of philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of biology and philosophy of science.

Here are my publications and curriculum vitae.

My current research project is called Self-Directedness and the Evolution of Intelligence.

These are some recent papers produced as part of this project

For the latest, most in-depth statement (May '04, forthcoming in Integrationist Linguistics and Distributed Cognition, Language Sciences special edition 2004):
Self-directedness, integration and higher cognition

For a broader overview, see:
Self-directedness: a process approach to cognition

Naturally there have been a few twists and turns along the way, but you can find the original outline here:
Long abstract, project description.

You can download some of my earlier papers here

Christensen, W.D. and C.A. Hooker (2002): 'Self-directed agents'. In MacIntosh, J. (Ed.) "Self-directed agents". In J. MacIntosh (ed.), Naturalism Evolution & Intentionality, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Special Supplementary Volume 27, pp. 19-52.

Christensen, W.D. and C.A. Hooker (in press): 'Representation and the Meaning of Life'. In H. Clapin, P. Slezak and P. Staines (eds), Representation in Mind: New Approaches to Mental Representation, Westport: Praeger.

Christensen, W.D. and M.H. Bickhard (2002): 'The Process Dynamics of Normative Function', Monist, vol. 85, no. 1, pp. 3-28.

Christensen, W.D. and C.A. Hooker (2000): 'An interactivist-constructivist approach to intelligence: self-directed anticipative learning'. Philosophical Psychology, vol. 13, no. 1, pp.5-45.

Christensen, W.D. and C.A. Hooker (2000): 'Autonomy and the Emergence of Intelligence: Organised Interactive Construction', A. Etxeberria, A. Moreno and J. Umerez (eds.) The Contribution of Artificial Life and the Sciences of Complexity to the Understanding of Autonomous Systems, Communication & Cognition, 17, Special Edition, 133-158.

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