Georgetown University Philosophy Conference 2013 Reasons and Reasoning April 20, 2013 Keynote Speaker: Japa Pallikkathayil (University of Pittsburgh) Inquiry into reasons and reasoning has long occupied a central place in the major philosophical disciplines. From logic and ethics to epistemology and the history of philosophy, some of our discipline’s most creative and innovative work concerns practical …
A five-week National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar on metaphysical issues in the philosophy of mind led by John Heil, 10 June – 12 July 2013. Visiting faculty will include E. J. Lowe, Graham Oddie and Alyssa Ney. Sixteen participants will be chosen from among eligible applicants interested in metaphysical …
Sensory Substitution and Augmentation Conference Tuesday 26 – Thursday 28 March 2013 Venue: The British Academy,10-11 Carlton House Terrace,London SW1Y 5AHTuesday 26 March 2013, 9am – 5.30pm Wednesday 27 March 2013, 9.30am – 5.30pm Thursday 28 March 2013, 9.30am – 1.00pm In addition: special demonstration of sensory substitution and augmentation devices on …
Implicit Bias, Philosophy and Psychology, Sheffield: April 20-21, 2013 Deadline for Submission: 15 December 2012 The Leverhulme-funded Implicit Bias and Philosophy Project (www.biasproject.org) announces its fourth and final event, a conference on Implicit Bias, Philosophy and Psychology. Authors of accepted papers will have the costs of their conference attendance (including …
Earlier this year, Carolyn, Brit and I compiled a list of women working in the philosophy of mind and related fields (including some areas of psychology, and related issues in the history of philosophy). As I explained at the time, the purpose of the list is to help counter the …
Inspired by Trent Dougherty’s efforts at Certain Doubts to compile a list of women working in epistemology, Carolyn, Brit, and I have spent some time doing the same for the philosophy of mind. Let me quote Trent’s justification for such a project: I suspect that one of the most common …
From the work of Hannah Riley Bowles and Linda Babcock, the former of whom headlined a workshop at the Cognitive Science Society this past summer on the topic (https://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/uploads/2011-w6.pdf): “Perhaps, the most direct contribution of this research is to the study of the compensation negotiation dilemma for women. This research adds …
