Oron Shagrir
Professor Oron Shagrir is an Israeli philosopher.
Oron Shagrir is Schulman Chair of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel.
Shagrir received a BSc degree in Mathematics and Computer Science and then an MA degree in Philosophy of
Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He then received a PhD degree in Philosophy and Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego in the United States in 1995, having been supervised by Patricia Churchland.
Oron Shagrir has been the Vice Rector and then Vice President for international affairs at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Shagrir's areas of research interest include the conceptual foundations of cognitive and brain sciences, the history and philosophy of computing and computability, and "supervenience". His publications include:
Shagrir is on the editorial boards of The Rutherford Journal and the Springer book series Studies in Brain and Mind. In 2017, Shagrir contributed to The Turing Guide.
