# Michael Wheeler (philosopher)

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British philosopher (born 1960)

Michael Wheeler Born Michael William Wheeler (1960-11-05) November 5, 1960 (age 65) Academic background Alma mater University of Sussex Thesis The Philosophy of Situated Activity (1996) Doctoral advisor Maggie Boden Academic work Era Contemporary philosophy Region Western philosophy School or tradition Continental philosophy Institutions University of Stirling Main interests Philosophy of mind philosophy of science

**Michael William Wheeler** (born 5 November 1960) is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the [University of Stirling](/source/University_of_Stirling).[1] He is known for his Heideggerian approach to contemporary [cognitive science](/source/Cognitive_science) research.[2][3][4][5]

## Books

- *Reconstructing the Cognitive World: The Next Step* (2007)

- *Heidegger and Cognitive Science* (2012)

- *[Distributed Cognition](/source/Distributed_cognition) in Medieval and Renaissance Culture* (June 2019)

- *Distributed Cognition in Enlightenment and Romantic Culture* (September 2019)

## See also

- [Black Notebooks](/source/Black_Notebooks)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Prof Michael Wheeler"](https://www.hdc.ed.ac.uk/prof-michael-wheeler). *History of Distributed Cognition*. 6 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Gallagher, Shaun (2007). ["Review of Reconstructing the Cognitive World: The Next Step"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/30163552). *Mind*. **116** (463): 792–796. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/mind/fzm792](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmind%2Ffzm792). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0026-4423](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0026-4423). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [30163552](https://www.jstor.org/stable/30163552).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Welchman, Alistair (2 February 2008). ["Reconstructing the Cognitive World: The Next Step"](https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/reconstructing-the-cognitive-world-the-next-step/). *Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Braver, Lee (1 April 2014). ["Heidegger and Cognitive Science, edited by Julian Kiverstein and Michael Wheeler"](https://academic.oup.com/mind/article-abstract/123/490/616/1280067?redirectedFrom=fulltext). *Mind*. **123** (490): 616–619. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/mind/fzu093](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmind%2Ffzu093). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0026-4423](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0026-4423).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Wilson, Robert A. (1 October 2006). ["Michael Wheeler, "Reconstructing the Cognitive World: The Next Step.""](https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/6059). *Philosophy in Review*. **26** (5): 386–388. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1920-8936](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1920-8936).

## External links

- Wheeler, Michael (2011–2024). ["Martin Heidegger"](https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2024/entries/heidegger/). *[The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy](/source/The_Stanford_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy)*. Metaphysics Research Lab, [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University).

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