(B.A., Philosophy - UC Berkeley; A.M., Philosophy, emphasis cognitive science - Stanford) Russ is interested in the problems of consciousness, vaguenesss, realism, and artificial intelligence, among others. After finishing a Masters from Stanford he worked as a researcher for the Lexington Institute, which produced a series of argumentation maps called "Can Computers Think: The History and Status of the Debate". He authored the map on consciousness. He is also the author of "Consciousness and the State/Transitive/Creature Distinction", Philosophical Psychology (1999).