Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
The Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, commonly referred to as RuCCS, is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the study of cognitive science at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.[1] It was launched in 1991 on Busch campus[1] with Zenon Pylyshyn as director.[2] Its founding was part of a successful effort to recruit Jerry Fodor to Rutgers, whose arrival established Rutgers as a premier center for the study of philosophy of mind and cognitive science.[2][3] There are over 70 affiliated faculty across psychology, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.[4] It offers an undergraduate major and minor, alongside a certificate for graduate students.[1]
RuCCS is consistently ranked as ranked first or second internationally in philosophy of cognitive science.[5] The center has published foundational research in optimality theory,[6] visual indexing theory,[7] numerical cognition,[8][9] Language of Thought,[10] and experimental philosophy.[11] Faculty affiliated with the center have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Cognitive Science Society.[12][13][14][15] Five faculty have been awarded the Jean Nicod Prize, awarded annually to a leading philosophically oriented cognitive scientist: Jerry Fodor (1993), Zenon Pylyshyn (2004), Stephen Stich (2007), Frances Egan (2021), and Elisabeth Camp (2026).[16] Research affiliated with the center has been published in Nature, Science, Cognition, Psychological Review, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[6][7][10][17][18][19]
Notable faculty
- Mark Baker[20]
- Elisabeth Camp
- Frances Egan[21]
- Jerry Fodor[22]
- C. Randy Gallistel
- Rochel Gelman
- Lila Gleitman[21]
- Alvin Goldman[21]
- Jane Grimshaw
- Béla Julesz[23]
- Ernest Lepore[24]
- Alan M. Leslie
- Michael Lewis[20]
- Brian McLaughlin[2][20]
- Alan Prince[21]
- Zenon Pylyshyn[25]
- Susanna Schellenberg
- Stephen Stich[21]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "General Information". RuCCS - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "A History of the Philosophy Department at Rutgers University". Rutgers University :: Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ Fox, Margalit (2017-11-30). "Jerry A. Fodor, Philosopher Who Plumbed the Mind's Depths, Dies at 82". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "About Cognitive Science". RuCCS - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "Philosophy of the Sciences and Mathematics 2021 – The Philosophical Gourmet". Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Prince, A.; Smolensky, P. (1997). "Science". Science. 275 (5306): 1604–1610. doi:10.1126/science.275.5306.1604. PMID 9054349. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Blaser, Erik; Pylyshyn, Zenon W.; Holcombe, Alex O. (November 2000). "Tracking an object through feature space". Nature. 408 (6809): 196–199. Bibcode:2000Natur.408..196B. doi:10.1038/35041567. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11089972.
- ↑ "The origins of numerical abilities | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ Butterworth, Brian; Reeve, Robert; Reynolds, Fiona; Lloyd, Delyth (2008-09-02). "Numerical thought with and without words: Evidence from indigenous Australian children". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (35): 13179–13184. Bibcode:2008PNAS..10513179B. doi:10.1073/pnas.0806045105. PMC 2527348. PMID 18757729.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Fodor, Jerry A.; Pylyshyn, Zenon W. (1988-03-01). "Connectionism and cognitive architecture: A critical analysis". Cognition. 28 (1): 3–71. doi:10.1016/0010-0277(88)90031-5. ISSN 0010-0277. PMID 2450716.
- ↑ Sytsma, Justin; Reuter, Kevin; Willemsen, Pascale (2026), "Experimental Philosophy", in Zalta, Edward N.; Nodelman, Uri, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2026 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2026-04-22
- ↑ "Member Directory - NAS". https://www.nasonline.org/. Retrieved 2026-04-22. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Rochel Gelman, PhD". FABBS. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "Fellows". Cognitive Science Society. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "Find Members". The Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "Jean Nicod Prize - INSTITUT JEAN NICOD". www.institutnicod.org. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ Setoh, P.; Wu, D.; Baillargeon, R.; Gelman, R. (2013). "PNAS". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (40): 15937–15942. doi:10.1073/pnas.1314075110. PMC 3791742. PMID 24003134.
- ↑ Stich, Stephen (June 2010). "Philosophy and WEIRD intuition". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 33 (2–3): 110–111. doi:10.1017/S0140525X10000257. ISSN 1469-1825. PMID 20546653.
- ↑ Leslie, Alan M. (October 1987). "Pretense and representation: The origins of "theory of mind."". Psychological Review. 94 (4): 412–426. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.94.4.412. ISSN 1939-1471.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Executive Council Faculty". RuCCS - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 "Historical and Emeritus Faculty". RuCCS - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "Jerry Fodor". RuCCS - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "Béla Julesz". RuCCS - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "Ernest Lepore". RuCCS - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
- ↑ "Zenon Pylyshyn". RuCCS - Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
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