Neuroskeptic on how treatment with deep brain stimulation made a man a fan of Johnny Cash. Joshua Shepherd reviews vol. 4 of Walter Sinnot-Armstrong’s moral psychology series, on free will and moral responsibility. Also, remember that our symposium on Philipp Koralus’ paper “The Erotetic Theory of Attention”, with commentaries by Felipe De Brigaard, …
Neuro-Interventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity September 12-14, 2014 Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Hosted by Georgia State University and the Atlanta Neuroethics Consortium Keynotes: Nita Farahany (Duke University), Stephen Morse (University of Pennsylvania) The primary theme of this conference will focus on ethical and regulatory dilemmas that arise from the …
The U.S. Office of Naval Research is funding a $7.5 million grant to build robots with morals. Philosophy gets a mention in the opening line, but after that, it seems to be seen as an engineering problem. Also, we are talking here about the U.S. military, so color me pessimistic. [Update: Though please …
Below are a few upcoming CFPs for special issues of journals that I thought might be of issue to Brains readers: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly: Is Perceptual Experience Disunified? (Deadline: June 1, 2014) Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Philosophy of Mind (Deadline: September 15, 2014) Frontiers in Consciousness Research: Perception-Cognition Interface & …
A donor has given $7.7 million to the University of Michigan to fund an institute in cognitive science. Here’s another excellent reply to Neil deGraase Tyson’s remarks on philosophy, this time from Massimo Pigliucci. (h/t Daily Nous) Should we move beyond blame? Barbara H. Fried and other philosophers discuss. (h/t Kyle Fritz on …
The 163rd Philosophers’ Carnival is here. NYU’s David Amodio in Mother Jones on our racist brains. (h/t Robert Barnard on Facebook) Eric Schwitzgebel asks: Is early publication bad for philosophy? (h/t Eric S. on Facebook) Is there mathematical “proof” that computers can’t be conscious?* (h/t Don Howard on Facebook) German neuroscientists have …
I’m happy to have a couple of announcements to add to those I made last week: First, the visit of Jakob Hohwy (Monash) as a Featured Scholar will begin June 15. You can read more about Jakob and his work here. Second, following the symposium later this month on Philipp Koralus’ …
