We are excited about the next Neural Mechanisms webinar. As always, it is free. You can find information about how and when to join the webinar below or at the Neural Mechanisms website—where you can also join sign up for the mailing list that notifies people about upcoming webinars, webconferences, …
I am very pleased to contribute to this symposium on Causation with a Human Face (CHF). My commentary concerns chapter 6 of CHF, which uses the notion of invariance to shed light on various puzzle cases about causation. (See Jim’s post “Invariance and Distinctions Within Causation” for a summary of …
The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology will be held in Mobile, AL from March 31-April 2. SSPP meetings feature concurrent programs in Philosophy and Psychology, as well as plenary sessions jointly sponsored by the Philosophy and Psychology Program Committees. The deadline for all philosophy submissions is October 1, 2021. …
Cambridge Element Physics and Computation was published online. Free copies can be downloaded until September 3rd.
At Brains, we have been holding symposia that showcase recent and forthcoming articles in philosophy of mind and cognitive science appearing in open-access journal, Ergo. I am excited to announce that we will now be expanding this to cover articles published in other open-access journals, and we are inviting your …
5th International Conference on Interactivity, Language & Cognition: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in the Cognitive and Language Sciences Call for Papers – Extended Deadline! Online: 15-19 September 2021 website: http://hill.psych.uw.edu.pl/cilc5/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2676630182426566 mail: hill@hill.psych.uw.edu.pl Submission deadline: 15 May 2021 22 May 2021 The conference will most likely consist of …
This is the second in a series of posts about my recently published book, Forming Impressions: Expertise in Perception and Intuition (OUP, 2020). Birds and Physics Problems In Chapters 2 and 3 of Forming Impressions, I argue that both expert perception and expert intuition manifest themselves in experience. When an …
Introduction Radiologists can reliably tell whether a seen x-ray image is abnormal without scanning its details. This is an example of expert perception. Chess masters immediately think of superior moves, so that the move they ultimately choose differs from these initial options only in difficult cases. This is an example …
Job Description The Tulane Philosophy and English Departments in connection with the Cognitive Studies Program invite applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor to start fall 2021. Teaching responsibilities will include expository science writing and one or more of the core Cognitive Studies courses, such as: Mind in Evolution, Consciousness, …
