In the philosophical literature, it is common enough to find phrases such as “Substantival dualists believe …” and “Neuroscientists believe …” Yet, these can be dramatically different from an epistemological perspective. The former will often state a definition or logical consequence of what it is to be a substantival dualist, …
Philosophers who wish to challenge the multiple realization of psychological properties sometimes suggest that it is more likely that a more general property, such as being in pain, is multiply realized than it is that a more specific property (of that general kind), such as human pain, is multiply …
In Perception … Processing of the Müller-Lyer illusion by a Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) Irene M Pepperberg, Jennifer Vicinay, Patrick Cavanagh Received 28 November 2006, in revised form 31 May 2007; published online 1 May 2008 Abstract. Alex, a Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) who identifies the bigger or smaller of two objects by …
The other day I was procrastinating on preparing for class, so I went over to Chalmers’s MindPapers. It didn’t take all that long before I did a search on “Aizawa” and found a few papers. I also noted that most were not cited. That reminded me of a discussion not …
Last month, at Shaun Gallagher’s Cognition: Embodied, Embedded, Enactive, Extended conference, Fred Adams and I met with some criticism of our views on extended cognition. Andy Clark, Richard Menary, and Pierre Steiner, among others, were allied against us. Finally, after six years, however, Fred and I are getting our second …
I don’t normally post up drafts of papers, but this one might be of interest to some regulars. It is a reply to Bechtel and Mundale’s 1999 Philosophy of Science paper. Neuroscience & Multiple Realization. Comments welcome. I think it’s still a little rough, especially the section on the “grain …
While I’m in the “conference reminding” frame of mind, I should note the upcoming deadline for the PSA. The twenty-first PSA biennial meeting will take place November 6-9, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Further information is here. Scientist + philosopher symposia are of interest this year. I think that Edouard is …
