Commentary from Mark Sprevak on today’s post from Mazviita Chirimuuta on The Brain Abstracted (MIT Press). I very much agree with the book’s main claim that abstraction and simplification are essential theoretical virtues in the cognitive and brain sciences. Often a simple model – one good enough for our specific …
3rd-17th December 2012 Supported by Eidyn: The Edinburgh Centre for Epistemology, Mind and Normativity Conference website (registration required): https://goo.gl/p8koN The New Waves in Philosophy of Mind online conference opens on 3rd December 2012 and runs for 2 weeks. Written versions of papers from the speakers will be posted on the …
Just to let you know about a new research center that has been launched in Edinburgh (Scotland). One of the specialities of the center will be philosophy of cognitive science. The research center is called Eidyn. One of its new projects is the recently awarded research grant on Extended Knowledge. There will be …
Anyone looking, or temptable to be on, the job market might be interested in the following fellowships (they may not be aware of them since these may not appear in Jobs for Philosophers)… They are a pretty amazing deal: 5 years of research time with a permanent lectureship at the …
Permanent Lectureship in Philosophy of Cognitive Science Applications are invited for a permanent lectureship in Philosophy of Cognitive Science, tenable from 1 August 2011. Salary Scale: £36,862 – £44,016. This permanent post has been created to help support a new interdisciplinary masters level initiative in Cognition in Science and Society. …
Hi Guys, N.B. this isn’t just for UK folk, we’re hoping that it is also of use to a wider international community, and we’re serious about building international links… This is to announce the launch of the Mind Network, a new UK network for Philosophy of Mind & Cognitive Science …
