▁and ▁winning ▁the ▁John ▁Lock e ▁Prize ▁in ▁M ental ▁Philosoph y . ▁ ▁Finally , ▁Seg al ▁received ▁his ▁Ph D ▁in ▁Philosoph y ▁from ▁M IT ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁super vised ▁by ▁Ned ▁Block ▁and ▁No am ▁Ch om sky . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁career ▁▁ ▁Seg al ' s ▁first ▁teaching ▁appointment ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin - Mad ison , ▁after ▁which ▁he ▁accepted ▁a ▁lect ures hip ▁at ▁King ' s ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁Seg al ▁has ▁been ▁lect urer , ▁reader ▁and ▁professor ▁of ▁philosophy ▁King ' s ▁College ▁London . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁Head ▁of ▁Department ▁ ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁named ▁Professor ▁Emer it us . ▁ ▁Publications ▁▁ ▁Seg al ▁has ▁published ▁extens ively ▁on ▁cogn itive ▁science , ▁philosophy ▁of ▁mind ▁and ▁psych ology , ▁and ▁philosophy ▁of ▁language ▁and ▁lingu istics . ▁His ▁work ▁has ▁appeared ▁in ▁academic ▁journ als , ▁reviews , ▁books ▁and ▁as ▁individual ▁papers ▁< ref ▁name =" K CL ▁Public ation ▁List "> K CL ▁Public ation ▁List ▁</ ref > ▁ ▁He ▁co - author ed ▁Know ledge ▁of ▁Mean ing : ▁An ▁Introduction ▁to ▁Sem antic ▁Theory ▁with ▁Richard ▁Lar son ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁( ). ▁Seg al ▁also ▁author ed ▁A ▁S lim ▁Book ▁about ▁N arrow ▁Content , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁() ▁and ▁Tw elve ▁Ste ps ▁To ▁Psych ological ▁Good ▁Health ▁and ▁Ser en