I have the good fortune (I think) to have become a part of the program committee for the 2008 meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Some contributors to Brains were a part of the 2006 program. Moreover, some of the 2006 sessions were likely of interest to readers of …
A student who prefers to remain anonymous has sent me the following interesting query:I have recently been offered a place in a top Canadian PhD program (one that is ranked quite highly in about 7 specialty areas). Since I have a master’s, I have been accepted directly into the PhD …
Brains regulars may know that Fred Adams and I have been trying to put up the good fight against extended cognition. (Rob Rupert has been in there, too, of course.) We now have five works on the topic “forthcoming.” Our latest addition to this future literature is a paper of …
The last issue of the New Yorker has a long profile of Paul and Patricia Churchland. This is a must-read for anyone who is not well acquainted with the history of the Churchlands. Unfortunately, the article gets some important aspects of the background history wrong. For instance, it suggests that …
Following up on my suggestion of posting about sessions on the philosophy of neuroscience at the upcoming ISHPSSB, here is some:I will be involved in two sessions dealing with the History and Philosophy of Electrophysiology. Other panelists include: Bill Bechtel, Jim Bogen, Don Goodman, Ken Schaffner, Daniel Sirtes, and Marcel Weber.There …
The program for the 2007 SSPP is now available electronically at: https://www.niu.edu/sspp/Program.html.It will be mailed out in hard copy to all current members later next week after it is printed, labeled, stamped, and stuffed. If you are not currently a member, you can print a copy or (I hope) get …
IJCNN 2007: Due to popular request, the IJCNN2007 submission deadline has been extended to February 12, 2007. IJCNN2007 marks the 20 year anniversary of the International Joint Conferences on Neural Networks. Please do contribute to and participate in this event and celebrate this important milestone of the neural networks community …
