Mele and Nahmias on Free Will and Science
… at Philosophy TV.
Author: John Schwenkler
Two takes on consciousness
David Chalmers at TED on the hard problem; Eric Schwitzgebel at his blog on a possible problem for Giulio Tononi’s Integrated Information Theory.
Philosophers’ Carnival #166
… is at Philosophical Disquisitions.
Rebooting the Society for the Philosophy of Animal Minds
Via Kristin Andrews (who, incidentally, will be a featured scholar at Brains beginning in mid-September) comes news of a “reboot” of the Society for the Philosophy of Animal Minds (yes, SPAM), which is “a means to promote and support the work of philosophers and scientists interested in philosophical questions about …
Is neuroscience ready to replace philosophy?
Of course not! Still, here are Maggie Boden, Barry Smith, and Steven Rose discussing the question at a forum hosted by the Institute for Art and Ideas: Watch more videos on iai.tv
Two new calls for papers
Here is one, for a special issue of Topoi on “The Geometry of the Visual Field: Early Modern and Contemporary Approaches”. It arises from a workshop held in Fribourg last fall, where I gave a paper. Several excellent philosophers and psychologists are already confirmed as contributors. The submission deadline is October …
Recent Work by Brains Contributors
Sorry not to have done one of these posts in a while! The following articles by Brains contributors were added to PhilPapers from April through June. Please let me know of any errors or omissions. – JS Marcus Arvan (forthcoming). A Unified Explanation of Quantum Phenomena? The Case for the Peer-to-Peer Simulation …