In a recent post, I criticized some passages from Alva Noe’s book, Out of Our Heads. I’d like to clarify some details. First, it was pointed out to me that my tone was disrespectful. I am truly sorry about that. My comments were only aimed at the quoted claims, not …
My review of recent literature on Computationalism has recently been published in Philosophy Compass. I hope it will help people get up to date as well as push the debate forward. If you are interested in the paper but your library does not subscribe to the journal, feel free to …
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Ken Aizawa brought to my attention some claims made by Alva Noe in his new book, entitled Out of Our Heads. It’s a book for the general public, so we shouldn’t expect too much scholarly rigor. Nevertheless, there is no reason why it should be as sloppy as it is (on this issue). A section …
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Brit Brogaard blogs at Lemmings. G: What prompted you to launch a philosophy blog? B: I was giving a talk in Aberdeen in Scotland in July 2006 and had a pub conversation with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Carrie Jenkins, John Hawthorne and others about blogging. One side led by Walter argued that …
I’ve already mentioned how some philosophers are trying to offer pseudo-arguments to the affect that the APA anti-discrimination policy does not apply to hiring practices of religious institutions that de facto discriminate against homosexuals. David Hoekema (Calvin College) is another one of these — he has written yet another letter …
