Category: Mindcraft

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Because philosophers are taking brains more seriously, of course!This is in response to some recent discussion of whether philosophy is better off than ten years ago.In the last ten years, more philosophers have started to think seriously about the nervous system, and the relationship between brains and minds, than ever …

In the last few days, Brains has received a lot of visitors from the Netherlands.  Depending on the time of the day, they have been the largest group of visitors by country.  Welcome, guys!  This can’t be a coincidence.  If any of you kind readers has an explanation for this phenomenon, please let us know …

It’s out and it’s our chance to read C.B. Martin’s views about the mind in a comprehensive and systematic form.  We are indebted to John Heil, without whose editorial work this book would not exist.  I look forward to reading it (when I find the time).  If anyone has read it and has comments, …

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I just discovered Scholarpedia, yet another effort at a open access online encyclopedia, to be dynamically updated.  This one is written by top experts.  Or at least, they hope it will be.  They are starting by trying to get entries in the field of computational neuroscience, dynamical systems, and computational intelligence, …

A paper of mine got accepted at the XXII World Congress of Philosophy, which will take place next August in Seoul, Korea.  Given how expensive it would be to go there, I wonder whether it’s worthwhile.  Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about the World Congress of Philosophy, and …