Sorry not to have done one of these posts in a while! The following articles by Brains contributors were added to PhilPapers from April through June. Please let me know of any errors or omissions. – JS Marcus Arvan (forthcoming). A Unified Explanation of Quantum Phenomena? The Case for the Peer-to-Peer Simulation …
One of the anonymous reviewers of my book manuscript remarked, with approval, that it contained very little discussion of embodied, extended and enactive (EEE) cognition. Probably this omission stems from my Kantian gut feeling that an explanation of mind and cognition must appeal only to what happens after sensory input …
Man, this looks really excellent. (h/t David Pereplyotchik)
It is a great pleasure to write a few posts here on Brains. In this first post I will talk a little about the kind of work I like to do. Then the plan for post 2 is to ask if prediction error minimization is all there is to the …
I’m happy to have a couple of announcements to add to those I made last week: First, the visit of Jakob Hohwy (Monash) as a Featured Scholar will begin June 15. You can read more about Jakob and his work here. Second, following the symposium later this month on Philipp Koralus’ …
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland – August, 18th to 22nd, 2014 Invited key-speakers Paul Thagard (Waterloo) Cristine Legare (Texas at Austin) Hugo Mercier (Neuchâtel) Call for papers Science is usually considered the paradigm of knowledge. Naturally, it has long been the subject of philosophical inquiry. Having moved away from abstract consideration of …
I’m sorry that the past few months have been light on content, but I’m happy to have some good news to announce about the future of the Brains blog. First, I’m very grateful that Robert Briscoe and Kristina Musholt have agreed to assist the blog as Contributing Editors. Beginning this summer, Robert …
