I’ll be giving a talk on self-knowledge at the upcoming conference on implicit bias at the University of Sheffield, from April 19-21. It promises to be an excellent event, with keynote talks from Helen Beebee, Irene Blair, Paschal Sheeran, and Manuel Vargas, and several talks from people who should be …
#1 Title: Why It Doesn’t Matter to Metaphysics What Mary Learns Artist(s): Robert Cummins, Martin Roth, Ian Harmon Label: Philosophical Studies (here) Release Date: February, 2013 Genre: Hardcore philosophy of mind #2 Title: Folk Psychology as Science Artist: Martin Roth Label: Synthese (here) Release Date: December, 2012 Genre: Post-punk philosophy …
and this was attempt number 2: So here is a weird thing to say: I look out of the window and I think that the garden looks nice and the grass looks cool, but the thoughts of Eamon Andrews come into my mind. There are no other thoughts there, only …
Lately I’ve decided that it’s time to try and make my work comprehensible to laypeople. Here is attempt number 1. Cross posted at idontknowwhatiam Hello all I like to think that I have been taking the idea of the philosopher as public servant seriously. This is perhaps grounded in an …
Looks like a great opportunity: The Philosophy Department at King’s College London is seeking an outstanding philosopher with research expertise and teaching experience in philosophy of mind and/or philosophy of psychology. This is a three-year fixed term appointment, starting from September 2013. Further information can be found here:
No word yet on possible funding for philosophers: The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, seeking to do for the brain what the Human Genome Project did for genetics. The project, which …
The Fifth Online Consciousness Conference is now underway! It will run until March 1st so stop by and join in the fun!
