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CFP: Advances in Cognitive Systems

John Schwenkler February 16, 2017 February 16, 2017 CFPs / Cognition

The Fifth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems will take place May 12-14, 2017, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, USA. The meeting aims to bring together researchers interested in building computational artifacts that focus on high-level cognition and decision making, reliance on rich, structured representations, and …

CFA: Mind and Brain Annual Conference

John Schwenkler February 11, 2017 February 11, 2017 CFPs

Mind and Brain Annual Conference September 14 and 15, 2017 Flint, MI USA Call for Abstracts: submission deadline August 1, 2017 This annual conference will bring together scholars and researchers from all areas whose work concerns important issues involving the mind and brain. Submissions may concern traditional such as epistemology, …

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 …