The Brains Blog — perception

CFP: Purpose and Procedure in the Philosophy of Perception

John Schwenkler November 30, 2016 November 30, 2016 CFPs / perception / Philosophy of Mind

The organisers of the network (Sense) Perception in the North invite submissions of papers that directly address the goal of the project Purpose and Procedure in the Philosophy of Perception for inclusion in an edited volume. Those whose papers are selected for the volume will also be invited to be commentators at the project conference …

CFP: The Philosophical Significance of Molyneux’s Question

John Schwenkler November 29, 2016 December 2, 2016 CFPs / Consciousness / perception

CFP: The Philosophical Significance of Molyneux’s Question University of York, UK June 5-6, 2017 Funded by a grant from the New Directions in the Study of the Mind Project (https://www.newdirectionsproject.com/) to Louise Richardson and John Schwenkler Confirmed speakers:: Mohan Matthen, L. A. Paul, M. G. F. Martin With responses from members of Sense …

Aristotle was wrong …

John Schwenkler November 2, 2016 November 2, 2016 perception / Symposia

… about the number of our senses, according to Barry C. Smith in this new video from Aeon. For a dissenting view with lots of ensuing discussion, look back to our inaugural Mind & Language symposium, on Louise Richardson’s “Flavour, Taste, and Smell”.

Applications are open for the 2017 Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy

John Schwenkler November 2, 2016 November 2, 2016 Consciousness / Free will / Memory / Neuroscience / perception / Philosophy of Mind

Calling all curious neuroscientists and philosophers! Collaborate in the summer seminars for neuroscience and philosophy, a three year program sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and Duke University. Our goal is to advance knowledge at the intersection of these fields. Together we can apply cutting-edge scientific research to the big questions on …

York CVR-VISTA Vision Science Summer School

Jacob Beck October 19, 2016 October 19, 2016 call for applications / Neuroscience / perception / Psychology

The Centre for Vision Research (CVR) at York University offers a one-week, all-expenses-paid undergraduate summer school on vision science. This year’s program will be held June 5-9, 2017.

Announcing the 2016 Minds Online Conference Program

Nick Byrd July 6, 2016 September 22, 2016 Action / Attention / Conferences / Epistemology / Minds Online Conference / perception

Posting at Brains will likely be slow through the rest of the summer. Many thanks to all the philosophers who took time in the past few months to discuss their recent work, and also to Nick, Cameron, and our session chairs — listed below — for their work in putting …

Listen to the Eye’s Mind Conference

Robert Briscoe June 29, 2016 June 29, 2016 Conferences / Neuroscience / perception / Philosophy of Mind / Uncategorized

Audio recordings of the sessions at last month’s Eye’s Mind conference at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, UK are now available online here. Keynote speakers included Paul Broks (psychology), Joel Pearson (neuroscience) and Michael Tye (philosophy).