As of Fall 2008, I am an assistant professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at University of California, Irvine. From Fall 2005 to Spring 2008, I was a member of the Philosophy Department at Long Beach State University. From Fall 2003 to Spring 2005, I was a Visiting Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to taking my position at WUSTL, I spent four years in the computer software industry.
My main research areas are naturalized philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychology. Currently, I am focused on some foundational issues for the scientific studies of color and color vision. A related project is concerned with getting a better understanding of the relationship between philosophy and the sciences, especially the sciences of the mind. I am also interested in psychological and economic research on negotiation. My background includes work on the metaphysics of consciousness (particularly a representationalist approach) and in modern philosophy (mostly Kant's First Critique). I can be reached by e-mail at waynew@uci.edu. My CV can be found here.