Alva Noe

Alva Noë is an American philosopher born in 1964, currently serving as Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His primary research interests lie in the theory of perception and consciousness, with work that extends into cognitive science and the philosophy of mind. He is also interested in analytic phenomenology, the theory of art, Ludwig Wittgenstein, enactivism, and the origins of analytic philosophy. Noë received his B.A. from Columbia University, a B.Phil. from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He previously held positions at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and has been a visiting scholar at various institutions, including the University of California, Irvine, and the Institut Jean-Nicod in Paris. His notable works include "Action In Perception" (2004), where he introduced the sensorimotor profile, "Out of Our Heads" (2009), "Varieties of Presence" (2012), and "Strange Tools" (2015). A pervasive theme in his work is externalism about the mind and mental content.