Inference vs. Regulating Inference
In this post I want to focus on a distinction that has come up in both comment threads. It’s the distinction between inferences, and factors that regulate inferences. Here’s an example. It’s about wishful thinking.
Year: 2014
Paris Workshop on sensorimotor approach to Consciousness in July 2015
On July 4th and 5th 2015, just before the ASSC conference on Consciousness in Paris, we are organizing a workshop to discuss advances in the sensorimotor approach. All are welcome! See here for the call for papers: https://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/feel/?page_id=691
Explanatory vs. Defensive reasons
In this post I want to approach the topic of the previous post from a different angle. I raised two questions about the U&C study: whether people believe the comparative ratings (Question 1), and what inference, if any, leads them to their ultimate verdict (Question 2). Either question would be …
Rationalization, Belief, and Inference
When you were a kid, did your room ever get really messy? Of course it did. Did its messiness bother you? Quite possibly not. Lots of kids are not at all bothered by their messy rooms. (Question: Does it even look messy to them, or does it look orderly? We …
Introducing Susanna Siegel
I’m excited to be introducing our next featured scholar, Susanna Siegel. Susanna is Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. She received her PhD from Cornell University and works on topics in the philosophy of mind and epistemology.
Ted Honderich on the Scope of Consciousness
CFP: Toward a Science of Consciousness 2015
University of Helsinki, Finland, 9–13 June 2015 Pre-conference workshops: 8 June 2015 https://www.helsinki.fi/tsc2015 Submission deadline: 30 November 2014 Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) is the largest and longest-running interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to the study of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum …