CONTACT
Elwood Warren-Kuelgen
University of Missouri - Columbia
ewwbz@umsystem.edu
University of Missouri - Columbia
ewwbz@umsystem.edu
EDUCATION
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University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
M.A. in Philosophy, in progress (funded pathway to Ph.D.), Expected Spring 2027
Advisor: Prof. André Ariew -
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
B.A. in Philosophy, magna cum laude; departmental honors, Spring 2025
Honors Thesis: On the Determination of What is Said (Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey Maynes)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Language; Foundations of Cognitive Science; Metaphysics of Representation
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Independent Research in Formal Semantics, Spring 2026
Investigated the relationship between grammar and cognitive structure, developing skills in formal semantics by developing solutions to the exercises in Heim and Kratzer's Semantics in Generative Grammar.
Investigated the relationship between grammar and cognitive structure, developing skills in formal semantics by developing solutions to the exercises in Heim and Kratzer's Semantics in Generative Grammar.
Senior Year Honors Thesis, St. Lawrence University, 2024-2025
Investigated how context determines semantic content in communication.
Investigated how context determines semantic content in communication.
Independent Research in Advanced Logic, Fall 2024
Applied formal logic to problems in metaphysics and philosophy of language, developing solutions to the exercises in Theodore Sider's Logic for Philosophy.
SLU Fellows Program, Summer 2023 & 2024
Fully funded summer research program in philosophical inquiry and writing.
Applied formal logic to problems in metaphysics and philosophy of language, developing solutions to the exercises in Theodore Sider's Logic for Philosophy.
SLU Fellows Program, Summer 2023 & 2024
Fully funded summer research program in philosophical inquiry and writing.
PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES
- St. Lawrence University Philosophy Honors Thesis Presentation, oral presentation entitled On the Determination of What is Said, May 2025
- NY6 Undergraduate Research Conference Presentation, oral presentation entitled On the Determination of What is Said, Nov. 2024
- Dean’s Honor Reception, Poster Presentation entitled Context and Meaning, Sep. 2024
- University of New Mexico McNair Research Conference, second oral presentation On the Determination of What is Said, Sep. 2024
- University of Buffalo Undergraduate McNair Conference, second poster on Context and Meaning, June 2024
- Dean’s Honor Reception, Poster Presentation entitled On the Meaning of Utterances, Sep. 2023
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri - Medical Ethics, Spring 2026
- Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri – Ethical Theory, Fall 2025
- Teaching Assistant, St. Lawrence University - Introduction to Philosophy, Spring 2024
PUBLICATION:
- Publication entitled Psychiatry and the Non-Existent Self, in SLU Underground, Fall 2024
SKILLS:
- Formal logic; model-theoretic semantics; academic writing and editing; Python (basic)