Thanks to Buddy, I came up with a way of reconstructing Bechtel and Mundale’s argument that does not rely on the tacit premise that univocal localization entails univocal realization. Recall that B&M state: Nevertheless, it is important to note that in interpreting these deficits, researchers implicitly reject multiple realization among …
William Bechtel and Jennifer Mundale make the following comment regarding lesion studies and multiple realization: Nevertheless, it is important to note that in interpreting these deficits, researchers implicitly reject multiple realization among human brains and assume that damage to a brain area in anyone will result in a deficit to …
A recent article in the Washington Post discusses an interesting study by Harrison Pope, in which he and his collaborators attempt to test the thesis that dissociative (traumatically-induced) amnesia is a comparatively recent historical phenomenon that should not be grouped with ‘biologically-based’ psychiatric disorders such as dementia and schizophrenia. Here …
Dear colleagues, I’m working on a book project in philosophy of mind. If you would, could you let me know whether/how often philosophy of mind courses are organized thematically and/or cover one issue, such as mental causation or consciousness or freewill or personal identity … ? The intended contrast is …
Hi all, As my previous post said it (loud), the submission deadline for IJCNN (Orlando, 12-17 August, 2007) has been extended to feb 12. So, all the readers of Brains, are also invited to submit to our special session on Philosophical Aspects of Neural Network Modeling. The special session considers research and development …
Please share with any students who may be interested. Thanks, Eddy! The Philosophy Department at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia is accepting applications from qualified undergraduates for its two $15,000 Neurophilosophy Fellowships, to be awarded by the Brains & Behavior program. The Brains & Behavior program at GSU aims …
I find this fascinating: In the survey, a quiz was presented to respondents in order to test the knowledge onscience and technology. The test subjects were citizens of EU. https://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_224_report_en.pdfsee especially pages 41-44Results of this quiz show that for most statements a majority of citizens in theEuropean Union answered correctly, …
