Representations are thought to be among the essential ingredients for explaining cognition. In cognitive psychology, behaviour and decision making are modelled in terms of computations performed over representations. In neuroscience, responses of single cells, neural populations, and structural features are claimed to function as representations for the agent in question. …
We are very excited to introduce our next joint symposium with Philosophy of the Mind Sciences. This one highlights PhiMindSci’s recent special issue on representation in neuroscience and AI. Tomorrow, we’ll have an introductory post by Mark Sprevak that gives an overview of the special issue. Then we’ll have posts …
Book Symposium on The Brain Abstracted in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences Philipp Haueis, Department of Philosophy and Institute for Studies of Science (ISOS), Bielefeld University, Germany The journal Philosophy of the Mind Sciences has just published a book symposium (LINK) of The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and …
Hi Everyone, I’m very happy to announce that we will be collaborating on a number of posts with Philosophy and the Mind Sciences! PhiMindSci is an open access journal; you can read everything we discuss in full here: https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/issue/archive Our first post, today, will be by Philipp Haueis, describing the …
Hi All, We’re happy to help announce the launch of the Cognition, Agency, & Intelligence Center. Please see information about their introductory conference below! Description: We are thrilled to invite you to attend the Interdisciplinary Conference in Cognitive Science, hosted by the Cognition, Agency, and Intelligence Center (CAIC) at Purdue …
We are excited to announce that Alison Springle will be joining us as one of our new associate editors! Alison is an Assistant Professor at University of Miami, and works on a wide range of topics in philosophy of mind and science. For the blog, Alison will be working on …
We are thrilled to announce that Jorge Ignacio Fuentes Muñoz will be joining us at Brains as an Associate Editor. Jorge is an assistant professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and will be overseeing content in philosophy of mind and neuroscience, as well as keeping us updated on philosophical …
