January 9-10, 2014 University of Leeds Confirmed speakers: Alex Byrne, M.G.F. Martin, Susanna Schellenberg Organisers: Heather Logue, Jason Leddington Contemporary philosophy of perception is dominated by two views of the nature of perceptual experience: Naïve Realism (also known as the Relational View) and Intentionalism (also known as the Representational View). …
A massive June edition at Siris.
I’m very glad to be able to kick off the first of a series of symposia that Brains will be hosting on papers from Mind & Language. This month our target article is “Flavour, Taste and Smell”, by Louise Richardson of York University in the UK.
The following books and articles by Brains contributors were posted to PhilPapers in the past month. Please let me know of any oversights! — JS
Is the human brain an elaborate organic computer? Since the time of the earliest electronic computers, some have imagined that with sufficiently robust memory, processing speed, and programming, a functioning human brain can be replicated in silicon. Others disagree, arguing that central to the workings of the brain are inherently …
It’s an old question: what is consciousness? Today, sophisticated brain imaging technologies, clinical studies, as well as the newfound ability to listen to the whisper of even an individual nerve cell, are bringing scientists closer than ever to the neurobiological basis of consciousness. Join some of the world’s leading researchers …
North Carolina State University’s Logic and Cognitive Science Initiative (LACSI) is hosting a conference on Concepts on September 20-21, 2013. The speakers are Christopher Hill (Philosophy, Brown University), Edouard Machery (History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh), Eric Margolis (Philosophy, University of British Columbia), Gregory Murphy (Psychology, New York …
