I have been away from Pittsburgh for about a year (May 2008-August 2009), and since I came back, I have been impressed by the amount of philosophy of cognitive science going on in Pittsburgh. To wit: – I am teaching a graduate seminar surveying the philosophy of cognitive science (Mark …
As one might have expected, my book Doing without Concepts is meeting some resistance, and the first reviews have raised some interesting (and some less interesting, I think) objections to the claims made there (in a more or less pleasant tone!). Although this is not really the place to answer any of these …
Many readers of Brains should be interested by this new journal: The European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) has signed a contract with Springer concerning the establishment of a new journal: the European Journal for Philosophy of Science (EJPS). The Editorial Team is a group of excellent philosophers of science …
If you are going to the annual meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association next week (Carleton University) or if you happen to be around Ottawa, you might want to come to the symposium on Doing without Concepts Wednesday May 27 2:00-5:00pm (room: AY 101). (Program here.) Christopher Hill (Brown), Diana …
Emergence and Reduction in the Sciences (Second Pittsburgh-Paris Workshop) Center for Philosophy of Science and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh / Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris Friday, December 11- Saturday, December 12, 2009 (possibly extending to morning, Sunday, December 13) …
I say no. Watch the video (from my talk at UCLA in the Brain Evolution Culture series) and the Questions and Answers. Comments and suggestions welcome as usual.
The program for the next meeting of the SPP (June 13-15) is now available on-line. You can also register for the conference and book a room. A few Brains readers (including Dan Weiskopf, Ken Aizawa and myself) will be presenting at the meeting, and I hope some of you will …
