Oron Shagrir

Professor Oron Shagrir (Hebrew: אורון שגריר; born 1961) is an Israeli philosopher and cognitive scientist.

Oron Shagrir is Schulman Chair of Philosophy and professor of Philosophy and of Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel.

[1][2] Shagrir received a BSc degree in Mathematics and Computer Science and then an MA degree in Philosophy of Science (supervised by Itamar Pitowsky) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He then received a PhD degree in Philosophy and Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego in the United States in 1995, having been supervised by Patricia Churchland.

His publications include: Shagrir is on the editorial boards of The Rutherford Journal and the Springer book series Studies in Brain and Mind.