Month: October 2017

2. Relatedness and altruism

evolution / Jonathan Birch: The Philosophy of Social Evolution

Haldane’s quip In what circumstances might natural selection favour self-sacrifice? As legend has it, the best known answer to this question was first spoken in a London pub called the Orange Tree. One night in the 1950s, after “calculating on the back of an envelope for some minutes”, J.B.S. Haldane remarked …

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CFA: TSC 2018 Tuscon

CFPs / Consciousness

‘The Science of Consciousness’ Conference – April 2-7, 2018 Loews Ventana Canyon Resort – Tucson, Arizona   Call for Abstracts and Pre-Registration The Science of Consciousness (‘TSC’) is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, …

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1. Altruism in nature

evolution / Jonathan Birch: The Philosophy of Social Evolution

What is biological altruism? We tend to think of altruism as action motivated by concern for others. Biologists, however, use the term in a different way. In biology, altruism is, roughly speaking, behaviour that has two distinctive consequences for reproduction: it reduces the chances of reproduction of the organism that performs the behaviour, …

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Call for Applications: SSNaP 2018

CFPs

Applications are now open for the 2018 Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy, which will be held from May 27 to June 9 on the campus of Duke University.

This funded two week seminar experience produces valuable research and lasting relationships. Philosophers will learn new developments in neuroscience, while neuroscientists will study contemporary philosophy. You’ll form interdisciplinary teams and design your own experiments to conduct original research. The most promising projects will receive funding for the next year.

The deadline for applications is December 1, 2017. For more information, visit https://www.ssnap.net/.

Symposium on Isham et al.: “Deliberation period during easy and difficult decisions: Re-examining Libet’s ‘veto’ window in a more ecologically valid framework”

Free will / Neuroscience / Neuroscience of Consciousness Symposia

I am delighted to announce the second in our series of symposia on articles from Neuroscience of Consciousness.  We have two types of symposia.  For primarily theoretical articles, such as in last week’s post, we will have several commentators from a variety of theoretical perspectives.  For novel empirical research, we …

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The Geography of Philosophy

Experimental Philosophy

Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh, History and Philosophy of Science), Clark Barrett (UCLA, anthropology), and Stephen Stich (Rutgers University, Philosophy) are delighted to announce that the John Templeton Foundation has awarded them a 3-year (2018-21), $2.6 million grant for a project entitled “The Geography of Philosophy: An Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Exploration …

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