Author: Gualtiero Piccinini
Why ‘Brains’?
It’s been brought to my attention that the name of this blog is not entirely transparent. The word ‘brains’ has many meanings. It means intelligence or mind. It is also the plural of ‘brain’, which refers to the most mindful part of our body. By meaning both mind and brains, this …
Models and Simulations 2 CFP
Deadline: 15 April 2007. There is more…
Philosophy Carnival #41
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Consciousness and the Brainstem
I am under the impression that philosophers who talk about consciousness by and large focus on state consciousness and neglect creature consciousness, perhaps because they think that creature consciousness reduces to (is analyzable in terms of) state consciousness, or at any rate state consciousness is the ontologically more fundamental notion. …
Philosophy Journal Wiki
Doug Portmore had the brilliant idea of starting a Philosophy Journal Wiki, where we can all share information about the editorial practices of philosophy journals. I encourage you to go there and add information about your experience with the various journals.Quoting from PEA Soup <https://peasoup.typepad.com/peasoup/2007/01/a_wiki_on_philo.html> : “Inspired by the Philosophy …
Journal Copyright
In a message to the philosophy listserv PHILOSOP, Aaron Sloman wrote the following: More philosophers should put their papers online: not everyone has access to printed versions — so they are often useless for potential readers. I always cross out restrictive paragraphs on journal copyright forms and so far no …