John Zeimbekis It’s a relief to see a new book about how perception interacts with thought. Decades of work on modularity and other distinguishing traits of perception (perception as nonconceptual, analog, iconic, unstructured) leave us with a picture of thought as informationally separate from perception, but few suggestions about how …
Jonna Vance (she/her) Northern Arizona University jonnavance.com [Note: All citations are to Stokes (2021) Thinking and Perceiving (Routledge), unless otherwise noted.] In the final few chapters of Thinking and Perceiving, Stokes turns to perceptual expertise: an enhanced capacity for perceptual recognition or discrimination. In Chapter 6, Stokes offers a pluralistic …
Becko Copenhaver Washington University, St. Louis “We are, all of us, potential perceptual experts.” (Dustin Stokes, Thinking and Perceiving, p. 234) I’m grateful to discuss Dustin’s Thinking and Perceiving. I agree with him so much, about so much, that I hope our points of departure will be revealing. For example, …
We are thrilled to be hosting a symposium this week on Dustin Stokes’ new book, Thinking and Perceiving. We have three fantastic commentators, Becko Copenhaver, Jonna Vance, and John Zeimbekis. Dustin will provide an intro today, then we will have one commentary per day, followed by a response from Dustin …
Are you ready to return to in-person conferences? At a beachfront Gulf of Mexico location this September? SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Philosophy and Neuroscience at the Gulf IV Fourth Annual Meeting of the Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Workgroup (Held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Alabama Philosophical …
5th International Conference on Interactivity, Language & Cognition: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in the Cognitive and Language Sciences Call for Papers – Extended Deadline! Online: 15-19 September 2021 website: http://hill.psych.uw.edu.pl/cilc5/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2676630182426566 mail: hill@hill.psych.uw.edu.pl Submission deadline: 15 May 2021 22 May 2021 The conference will most likely consist of …
Job Description The Tulane Philosophy and English Departments in connection with the Cognitive Studies Program invite applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor to start fall 2021. Teaching responsibilities will include expository science writing and one or more of the core Cognitive Studies courses, such as: Mind in Evolution, Consciousness, …
