Project Members
Dr. Andrew Sims
Postdoctoral researcher Andrew Sims has interests in the philosophy of mind, action, and cognitive science. He is currently interested in the interplay between neuroscientific models of decision-making and philosophical theories of action.
Contact Information

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- Institut supérieur de philosophie
- Place Cardinal Mercier 14, L3.06.01B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
- E-Mail:
- andrew.sims@uclouvain.be
- Web:
- www.uclouvain.be/andrew.sims
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Currently: Post-doctoral fellow, Institut supérieur de philosophie, Univeristé catholique de Louvain
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- 2015:
- PhD in Philosophy
- 2009:
- BA (Hons.) in Philosophy
- 2008:
- BSc in Psychology
Relevant Publications
- Sims, A. (2017). Can anosognosia for hemiplegia be explained as motivated self-deception? Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 8, 337-353.
- Sims, A. (2017). The problems with prediction: the dark room problem and the scope dispute. In T. Metzinger & W. Wiese (eds.), Philosophy and Predictive Processing. Frankfurt am Main: MIND Group.
- Sims, A. (2016). A problem of scope for the free energy principle as a theory of cognition. Philosophical Psychology, 29, 967-980.