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CFP: Special Issue of Topoi, “What’s so special about faces?”

Daniel Burnston May 3, 2021 November 25, 2022 CFPs / Uncategorized

Topoi. An International Review of PhilosophyCFP for a Thematic Issue What’s so special about faces? Visages at the crossroad between philosophy, semiotics and cognition Guest editors: Marco Viola & Massimo Leone (University of Turin) Faces, or at least T-shaped face patterns, grab human beings’ attention since the very earlier days …

Essay Prize: Neuroscience and Philosophy

Hi Brains! Please consider the exciting essay prize contest hosted by Bence Nanay at the University of Antwerp. Details below. Ninth Annual Essay Prize at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp Topic: Neuroscience and philosophy.Eligibility: The Essay Prize is open to those who received their PhD after May …

2020 Science of Consciousness Conference Goes Online In September

Nick Byrd July 15, 2020 July 21, 2020 Academia / CFPs / Conferences / Consciousness

We are encouraged to learn that the 2020 Science of Consciousness conference will be held online in September—long live online conferencing. And it’s not too late to get on the program! “We have extended the call for new abstracts until July 25 and will notify all authors of the abstract decisions between July 20 …

CFA: Philosophy and Neuroscience at the Gulf III

Daniel Burnston June 3, 2020 July 21, 2020 CFPs / Conferences / Neuroscience

The third Neuroscience at the Gulf workshop is co-organized by John Bickle (Mississippi State University and University of Mississippi Medical Center) and Antonella Tramacere (Mississippi State University and Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany). October 9-10, 2020 (format pending) Topics Epigenetics in the nervous system Neuroscience …

CFA: Kinds of Intelligence 3 – Cognitive Science Beyond the Human

John Schwenkler February 19, 2020 February 19, 2020 AI / CFPs

The third annual Kinds of Intelligence conference will be held in Cambridge, UK from June 22-25 2020. The conference brings together researchers from philosophy, cognitive science and artificial intelligence to address questions concerning the structure, function and nature of intelligence and cognition, with a particular emphasis on non-human intelligences – …

Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science

John Schwenkler January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 Academia / CFPs

The Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science (BSCS) is an undergraduate study abroad program for students from the US and other countries aimed at broadening their understanding of cognitive science from an interdisciplinary perspective. Lecturers of the Program are distinguished experts with noteworthy international research and teaching experience. The host of …