To celebrate the publication of my book, Doing without Concepts (OUP, January 2009), the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh organizes a symposium with Barbara Malt (psychology, Lehigh) and Jesse Prinz (philosophy, UNC), March 5, 2009. They comment, I reply, we take some questions! Information here. If …
This might of interest for those readers who approach psychology and neuroscience from a philosophy of science perspective: The Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, announces two new postdoctoral fellowships for the academic year 2009-2010. Each fellowship includes a $40,000 stipend with benefits. Eligible candidates must be within …
I have finished a paper (here) that uses some experimental methods to examine a question that has agitated for a few years the philosophy of concepts: Does the class of concepts fragment into several very heterogeneous kinds? Here is the abstract: Psychologists of concepts’ traditional assumption that there are many …
The deadline for the special issue of the European Review of Philosophy on Psychology and Experimental Philosophy is fast approaching. So, here is our last reminder. Joshua Knobe, Tania Lombrozo, and Edouard Machery are editing a special issue of the European Review of Philosophy on Psychology and Experimental Philosophy. Our …
A little while ago, I wrote a chapter surveying the philosophy of psychology for Fritz Allhoff’s Philosophy of the Special Sciences. It obviously reflects my interests and is also somewhat partial. I somewhat traded breadth for a (somewhat) deeper treatment of the issues I was discussing. Some of you might be …
Let me remind you that the European Review of Philosophy is editing a special issue on psychology and experimental philosophy (editors: Joshua Knobe, Tania Lombrozo and myself). Our guest authors are D. Osherson (Princeton), Sean Kelly (Harvard), and John Darley and Geoffrey Goodwin (Princeton). The deadline is September 1, 2008 and more …
E. Machery, T. Lombrozo & J. Knobe (eds.)European Review of Philosophy, 9 (2009) Submission deadline: 1 September 2008https://www.erp-review.org/cfp9.php GUEST AUTHORS————-John DARLEY and Geoffrey GOODWIN, Princeton UniversitySean KELLY, Harvard UniversityDan OSHERSON, Princeton University CALL FOR PAPERS————–Over the last decade, philosophers have started using experimental and quasi-experimental methods to obtain data that are relevant for …
