Science against Religion?
Today’s NY Times has an interesting report on a recent conference discussing whether scientists should challenge religion more aggressively.
Category: Mindcraft
Posts from the founder of Brains, Gualtiero Piccinini.
Knobe on the Continuity between Science and Common Sense
Joshua Knobe was kind enough to write me as follows (reproduced with permission):I was happy to see that you wrote up a description of oursession [two weeks ago at the PSA Meeting], and I’m glad that you are bringing attention to these important questions about the relationship between common sense andscientific …
PSA Highlights
Some sessions I enjoyed last week at the 2006 PSA in Vancouver:Philosophy in the Trenches: From Naturalized to Experimental Philosophy (of Science)Jonathan Weinberg and Stephen Crowley argued that experimental philosophy is, indeed, philosophy (contrary to some exclusionary views to the effect that ‘experimental philosophy’ is an oxymoron).Karola Stotz presented some …
The Brain’s ‘Steady Cam’
Bob Gordon sent me this MSNBC.com Article: New study reveals the brain’s ‘steady cam’. Our eyes constantly flit around, but rather than producing a shaky image like that in a jostled video camera, we perceive a coherent scene. Now researchers have identified what could be the brain circuit responsible for …
Philosophers’ Carnival #38
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Meeting the editor of Philosophy of Science
Last week at the 2006 PSA Meeting, there was a session with Michael Dickson, editor of Philosophy of Science. What he had to say is especially interesting in light of recent controversies on how philosophy journals are run.Here are a few things I remember Michael Dickson saying (paraphrased by me):1. …
CFP: Objects and Sound Perception
Last Call for papers(Deadline: December 1, 2006)OBJECTS and SOUND PERCEPTIONIssue 7 (2007) of the EUROPEAN REVIEW of PHILOSOPHYhttps://www.erp-review.org