John Schwenkler

CFP: What Is a Computer?

John Schwenkler March 10, 2017 March 10, 2017 CFPs

Call for Papers for Minds & Machines’ special issue on What is a computer? GUEST EDITOR István S. N. Berkeley, Ph.D. Philosophy, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette INTRODUCTION Computers have become almost ubiquitous. We find them at our places of work, and even on our persons, in the form …

CFP: Beliefs and Subdoxastic Attitudes

John Schwenkler March 10, 2017 March 10, 2017 Belief / CFPs

Centre for Philosophical Psychology and European Network for Sensory Research Workshop on beliefs and subdoxastic attitudes, May 31, 2017 Call for papers Confirmed speakers: Lisa Bortolotti (Birmingham) Anna Ichino (Antwerp) L. A. Paul (UNC) Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) There are no parallel sections. Only blinded submissions are accepted. Length: 3000 …

CFP: Visual Science of Art Conference

John Schwenkler March 10, 2017 March 10, 2017 CFPs

5th Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC) in Berlin, Germany, 25–27 August 2017 Venue: Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Luisenstrasse 56, Berlin https://www.vsac2017.org/ The Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC) focuses on connecting the communities of visual scientists and artists in order to deepen our understanding of aesthetic phenomena. …

Why the science of consciousness needs philosophy

John Schwenkler March 10, 2017 March 10, 2017 Action / Consciousness / Neuroscience / Philosophy of Mind

Alva Noë writes at NPR: To move forward and understand the human mind, or the minds of nonhuman animals […], we need to look outside the brain at the animal’s behavior, that is, at how animals live, what they do, what problems they face, and what the circumstances are in which they …

CFP: The Human Mind Conference

John Schwenkler March 9, 2017 March 9, 2017 Conferences / Philosophy of Mind

The Human Mind Conference is an international, interdisciplinary event bringing together a wide range of experts from across the humanities and the cognitive sciences to discuss key aspects of mental life and experience. The event will provide a major statement of the current state of knowledge in the study of …

CFP: Minds, Brains, and Consciousness

John Schwenkler March 9, 2017 March 9, 2017 CFPs / Consciousness / Neuroscience

Proposals are welcome for the Third International Conference on Philosophy of Mind, which will be held at University of Minho, Braga (Portugal), on October 11-12, 2017. The main theme of the Conference is “Minds, Brains and Consciousness”. Graduate students, junior researchers and senior scholars are welcome to submit their work. Keynote speakers: Prof. Andy …

CFA: Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality

John Schwenkler March 9, 2017 March 9, 2017 CFPs

The deadline for applications to the 2017 Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality is coming Sunday, March 12, 2017.

The Summer Institute takes place on June 6 – 14, 2017 at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and brings together young scholars for an interdisciplinary dialogue on human decision making. This year’s Summer Institute is directed by Gerd Gigerenzer and Ralph Hertwig. Participation will be free, accommodation provided, and travel expenses partly reimbursed.

Apply here: bit.ly/SI2017_apply and see the website at bit.ly/SI2017_info.