Leah Henderson


Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
77 Massachussetts Ave. 32-D808
Cambridge MA 02139-4307

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I am a graduate student in philosophy at MIT. For the academic year 2008-9, I will also be a visiting scholar at the Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh.

My general interests are in the nature and structure of mental representation, as well as the representations in scientific theories. I am interested in the principles behind the acquisition of these representations.

My thesis concerns the epistemology of abstract scientific knowledge. It discusses Bayesian and explanationist approaches, and the relation between them.

I have a previous life as a physicist and continuing interests in philosophy of physics. See Background and Papers.


Web page last updated:  August, 2008.