Given that there is no society for the philosophy of neuroscience, I
would like to propose that we try to make ISHPSSB
https://www.ishpssb.org/ (Ishkabibble, among frriends) a temporary home
for the philosophy of neuroscience
https://artsci.wustl.edu/%7Eneuro/index.html community. ISHPSSB is the
largest philosophy of biology organization in the world, and it attracts
a good mix of historians and scientists as well. The meeting this year
is in
graduate student participation. Furthermore, the session review
procedure is maximally permissive. This means that we could, if we were
so inclined, get as many philosophy of neuroscience sessions on the
program as we would like. Also, if you decide to propose a session, why
don’t you post it here so that we can build on the momentum. The
deadline for submission of a proposal is February 15.
This sounds like a very good idea.
This is a great idea. I have already submitted a paper on the subject, but I would love to see a panel on cultural evolution and neuroscience.
I agree that it would be good to organize something within SfN. However, there is no current home for philosophy within that organization and the cost to attend the meeting is staggering. ISH is quite welcoming and inexpensive by comparison. Why don’t we try to have a workship meeting in Exeter to think about how to move Philosophy of neuroscience forward and whether and how to break into the SfN? Are you in, Ken?
Carl
good idea.