Academic Career
Pylyshyn was Professor of Psychology and Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario in London from 1964 until 1994, where he also held honorary positions in Philosophy and Electrical Engineering and was Director of the UWO Center for Cognitive Science. In 1994 he accepted positions as the Board of Governors Professor of Cognitive Science and as the Director of the new Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science in New Brunswick, NJ.
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