Templeton-sponsored “Academic Cross-Training” for philosophers and theologians

This looks like a terrific program (note that it is only for the recently tenured): The John Templeton Foundation invites applications for its Academic Cross-Training (ACT) Fellowship program beginning November 9, 2015, with fellowships to begin Fall 2017. The ACT Fellowship program is intended to equip recently tenured philosophers and …

New MA Program in Philosophy at George Washington University

The George Washington University Department of Philosophy is very happy to announce its new M.A. in Philosophy.  This new graduate program complements our longstanding and highly successful M.A. in Philosophy and Social Policy. The GW Department of Philosophy’s pluralist faculty spans both analytic and continental traditions, and the new M.A. …

What can we learn from Minds Online about the future of online conferences in philosophy?

That’s the question Cameron Buckner, Nick Byrd, and I raise in a guest post written for Daily Nous. We hope you will read our post and join the discussion, especially of the following questions — you can answer them in the comments here or there, or privately via e-mail: In Minds Online, …

CFP: PLACING ART AND MUSIC IN NATURE, KNEW 2015

The eleventh KNEW workshop will take place in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, in August, 10th to 14th. The topic for this year’s workshop is Placing Art and Music in Nature. Recent scientific research concerning art and music has thrown up a plethora of new aspects to be integrated into our understanding of …

Is there gender bias against women in academic hiring?

Michael Brownstein has written a very thorough post at the Feminist Philosophers blog discussing a widely publicized study by Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci that’s supposed to show that women are favored over men in academic hiring. Here is Michael’s summary of his argument: (a) participants in W&C’s study know that this is …

Philosophy & the Cognitive Sciences Workshop

Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences Pre-SSPP Workshop at Loyola University New Orleans April 1, 2015 Confirmed Speakers: Tad Zawidzki (George Washington), “Agent Neutral Interpretation” Cameron Buckner (Houston), “Ravens Attribute Their Own Prior Visual Access to Unseen Competitors” Berit Brogaard (Miami), “Phenomenal That’s-Allness” Robert Briscoe (Ohio), “A Cartography of Multisensory Processes” …

Paris Workshop on sensorimotor approach to Consciousness in July 2015

On July 4th and 5th 2015, just before the ASSC conference on Consciousness in Paris, we are organizing a workshop to discuss advances in the sensorimotor approach. All are welcome! See here for the call for papers: https://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/feel/?page_id=691

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