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 …
The Fifth Summer School in Cognitive Sciences : Web Science and the Mind Organized by the UQAM Cognitive Science Institute in Montréal (Canada), from July 7th to 18th Theme of the Summer Institute: Web Science and the Mind This summer school will present a comprehensive overview of the interactions between …
Sam Barker at the Institute for Art and Ideas asked me to share some information about a very cool looking philosophy festival that will be held this summer in the UK. He writes: HowTheLightGetsIn is the world’s largest philosophy festival taking place Hay-on-Wye in the UK this summer from 22nd May – 1st …
… at Aesthetics for Birds, with lots of really excellent content this month.
