Travis LaCroix
Assistant Professor
Email: tlacroix@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-3628
Mailing Address:
Room 3180, Marion McCain Building
Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Research Topics:Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
- Philosophy of AI and Machine Learning
- Language Origins
- Social Dynamics
- Philosophy of Science
Education
- PhD (2020) University of California, Irvine (LPS)
- MA (2018) University of California, Irvine
- MA (2016) Simon Fraser University
- BA (2014) University of British Columbia
Selected Publications
- Travis LaCroix. 2021. "Reflexivity, Functional Reference, and Modularity: Alternative Targets for Language Origins." Philosophy of Science (2021, Forthcoming) 88(5). https://doi.org/10.1086/715217.
- Travis LaCroix and Cailin O’Connor. 2021. "Power by Association." Ergo (Forthcoming). http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14318
- Travis LaCroix, Anders Geil, and Cailin O’Connor. 2020. “The Dynamics of Retraction in Epistemic Networks.” Philosophy of Science (2021) 88(3): 415-438. https://doi.org/10.1086/712817
- Jeffrey A. Barrett and Travis LaCroix. 2020. “Epistemology and the Structure of Language.” Erkenntnis (Forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00225-4
- Travis LaCroix. 2020. “Communicative Bottlenecks Lead to Maximal Information Transfer.” Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (2020) 32(6): 997-1014. https://doi.org/10.1080/0952813X.2020.1716857
- Travis LaCroix. 2019. “Using Logic to Evolve More Logic: Composing Logical Operators via Self-Assembly.” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axz049