Anyone who is familiar with computational theories of mind (or brain), according to which the mind (or brain) is (analogous to) a computer, should agree that this is a good question (cf. John Searle, The Rediscovery of Mind, 1992, p. 205). For computational theories of mind to be formulated in …
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Subjective Measures of Well-Being and the Science of Happiness:
Historical origins and philosophical foundations
Date: February 2-3, 2008
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Workshop organized by the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Ethics
and Values in the Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Brit has an interesting post, with a link to further interesting discussion.
Here.
At the recent NA-CAP, I had the good fortune to meet the legendary Richard Stallman, who gave an impassionated defense of free software. According to him, it is unethical to use proprietary software. Regardless of the degree to which you agree with him, Stallman is worth listening to and meeting in person. Failing …
A nice short review of recent research on the link between the two. (Link courtesy of Blake Myers.)
Craig J. Phillips is a traumatic brain injury survivor and a rehabilitation counselor. He writes: “I sustained an open skull fracture with right frontal lobe damage and remained in a coma for 3 weeks at the age of 10 in August of 1967. I underwent brain and skull surgery after waking from …
