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CFP: The Relational Self

John Schwenkler February 10, 2017 February 10, 2017 CFPs / Self-consciousness

Interdisciplinary Special Issue to appear in TOPOI, an International Journal of Philosophy THE RELATIONAL SELF: BASIC FORMS OF SELF-AWARENESS Editor: Anna CIAUNICA (Institute of Philosophy Porto / Institute of Cognitive Neurosciences, UCL London) The SI will consist of six invited contributors and a matched number of submitted papers (for submission instructions …

CFP: Topoi Special Issue on Mind and Brain

John Schwenkler February 7, 2017 February 7, 2017 CFPs

Topoi invites submissions for a special issue on the study of mind and brain in connection with themes explored in the work of Daniel Dennett and Nicholas Humphrey. In March 2016, New College of the Humanities (NCH) hosted the NCH Mind and Brain Conference on the philosophy of psychology and …

Final CFP: The Philosophical Significance of Molyneux’s Question

John Schwenkler February 6, 2017 February 6, 2017 CFPs / perception

This is a final reminder that submissions for the conference on The Philosophical Significance of Molyneux’s question, at the University of York from June 5-6, 2017, are due by February 15. The invited speakers are Becko Copenhaver, M.G.F. Martin, Mohan Matthen, and L.A. Paul. For further details and to submit your work, visit spinperceptionnetwork.wordpress.com/mq/.

CFA: The Rational Role of Cognitive Phenomenology

John Schwenkler February 6, 2017 February 6, 2017 CFPs / Cognition / Epistemology

Call for Abstracts, Workshop: The Rational Role of Cognitive Phenomenology University of Bergen, June 6–7th, 2017. Extended deadline for submissions: February 26th, 2017 Travel and accommodation funding is available. The organisers encourage participation from members of under-represented groups. Please scroll down for further information. DESCRIPTION Previous orthodoxy in philosophy of …

CFP: Cognition and Computation

John Schwenkler February 1, 2017 February 1, 2017 CFPs / Cognition

Special issue of Reti, saperi, linguaggi: Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences Deadline for submissions: July 31th, 2017 Notification of acceptance: October 15th, 2017 One of the founding ideas of cognitive science is that cognition is essentially computation. From the very start, many have denied this view, but in recent times computationalism …

CFP: ESPP 2017

John Schwenkler January 31, 2017 January 31, 2017 CFPs

25th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP), University of Hertfordshire, 14th-17th August 2017. The deadline for submission of SYMPOSIA, PAPERS and POSTERS is 15th March. Online submission: via EasyChair Conference website – coming soon -: Keynote speakers: Susan Gelman (Psychology, Michigan) Elisabeth Pacherie (Philosophy, Institut …

CFP: PhilMiLCog 2017

John Schwenkler January 30, 2017 January 30, 2017 CFPs

PhilMiLCog 2017 University of Western Ontario Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Mind, Language, and Cognitive Science Thursday June 15 to Saturday June 17 Keynote Speakers: Professor Barbara Gail Montero (Philosophy, City University of New York) Professor Gillian Barker (Philosophy, University of Western Ontario) + TBD (Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario) The Philosophy Department of the University of Western Ontario is …