Anthony Chemero

Professor of Philosophy

Anthony Chemero is Professor of Philosophy and Connected Computing at Vanderbilt University. Chemero’s research is both philosophical and empirical; typically, it tries to be both at the same time. He focuses on questions related to nonlinear dynamical modeling, ecological psychology, artificial intelligence, phenomenology, and social cognition. He is the author of more than 100 articles and the books Radical Embodied Cognitive Science (2009, MIT), Phenomenology (with Stephan Käufer, 2015, 2021, Polity), and Intertwined Creatures: The embodied cognitive science of self and other (2026, Columbia University Press). Chemero’s first book was a finalist for the Lakatos Prize for Philosophy of Science. Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, he was Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati (UC), where he received the University Distinguished Research Award, the Latino Faculty Association Excellence in Research Award, the Rieveschl Award for Scholarly Achievement, and the Graduate Mentorship Excellence Award. Before that, he was Professor of Scientific and Philosophical Studies of Mind at Franklin and Marshall College, where he won the Dewey Prize for Outstanding Research.