Upcoming Conference Deadlines

Some calls for papers of interest to philosophers of mind, psychology, and neuroscience:February 15 Eastern APAMarch 1 Society for Philosophy and PsychologyMarch 15 International Society for Research on Emotions—2006 Computing and Philosophy conferencesEuropean-CAP 2006 Conference22-24 June, 2006****February 3, 2006*** Submission of extended abstractsHosted by the Dragvoll campus of the Norwegian …

Some General Purpose Philosophical Listservs

I was recently asked which general purpose listservs in philosophy is worth subscribing to. I subscribe to the following three, which strike me as reasonably useful so far:https://www.louisiana.edu/Academic/LiberalArts/PHIL/philosop.htmlhttps://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=PHILOS-L&H=LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UKhttps://www.disputatio.com/esap-news/

How to Improve Your Paper by a Judicious Use of Faculty

During a recent conversation with Brit Brogaard, we noticed that some students may benefit from some coaching on out how to properly use faculty to their advantage when working on a paper. The rules must be adjusted for context. If you are writing a term paper, you need to work …

Classical Computation and Hypercomputation at the 2006 Eastern APA

On Wednesday, December 28, 2006, at the Eastern APA in NYC, we held our session on classical computation and hypercomputation. (For some background, see previous posts.) From my point of view, it went roughly as follows.In my presentation, I argued that in discussions of the Physical Church-Turing Thesis (Physical CT), …

The Physical Church-Turing Thesis: Modest of Bold?

This is the title of my talk at the Eastern APA, in the session on Classical Computation and Hypercomputation (see previous post). The other presenter is Oron Shagrir and the commentator is Jack Copeland. Jack is probably the most distinguished philosopher of AI and computation, and Oron is one of …

Eastern APA: Classical Computation and Hypercomputation

There will be a session on hypercomputation and related matters (such as the Church-Turing thesis) at the meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, in NYC, on Wednesday, December 28, between 5:15 and 7:15. As far as I know, it’s the first APA session entirely devoted to recent discussions …

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