Bret R Cohen
Driven by a general restlessness and perpetual curiosity, in particular about the varied perspectives people have and can hold -- on life in general, and with respect to all sorts of other issues -- I have led a varied life. I majored in philosophy at Kenyon College, where I was first introduced to Wittgenstein and Peirce. After volunteering in a two rural community run alternative elementary schools in Maine, I did an MA in applied philosophy at Bowling Green State University, where I interned at a neighborhood conflict resolution agency and did a masters thesis on the Piagetian concept of reciprocity and consensus formation. I have taught English and studied (computer programming) abroad, in Mexico and Brazil. I have learned some classical guitar and have taken various music and improvisational theater courses. I have worked briefly as a software tester, technical writer and most recently as a translator. I am fascinated by music, particularly Brazilian music. I have written experimental poetry in English and Portuguese. In 2010, I returned to study philosophy & cognitive science, doing a second masters degree in Osnabrueck, Germany. I am particulary interested in how semiotics (Peircean and Millianean biosemantics) and Wittgenstein fit into the picture. I also wanted to explore more deeply the relations between language, culture, emotions and music. However, I have decided in recent years to focus on math, computer science, and computational linguistics, because of their central role in central activities in today's world.
Since the summer of 2017, I have begun to study (part-time) for a second Bachelors in Computer Science/Computational Linguistics at the University of Saarland, in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Supervisors: for 1985 MA Thesis in Philosophy (Bowling Green State University, Ohio): Donald Scherer (principal advisor), for 2005 Final Project in Java (UFTPR, Curitiba, Brazil): Hilton de Azevedo, and for 2013 MSc. Thesis in Cognitive Science (University of Osnabrück, Germany): Uwe Meyer and Nikola Kompa
Since the summer of 2017, I have begun to study (part-time) for a second Bachelors in Computer Science/Computational Linguistics at the University of Saarland, in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Supervisors: for 1985 MA Thesis in Philosophy (Bowling Green State University, Ohio): Donald Scherer (principal advisor), for 2005 Final Project in Java (UFTPR, Curitiba, Brazil): Hilton de Azevedo, and for 2013 MSc. Thesis in Cognitive Science (University of Osnabrück, Germany): Uwe Meyer and Nikola Kompa
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