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, …
I open a thread for eventual comments on Chapter 2. Comments can of course be sent to me by e-mail. Thanks for those of you who read the chapter and commented on it. Abstract In Chapter 2, I distinguish two meanings of the term “concept” in philosophy—concepts as capacities …
I open a thread where you can leave some comments on chap. 1. A few of you have already sent me written comments. Many thanks.
I sent the first chapter of my book by e-mail. If you volunteered to read it, but have not received it, it’s because I do not have your mail. I will open a thread on Monday. If you want to send me comments before, please do it by e-mail. Thanks …
Since several readers of Brains have told me they were interested in taking part in this group, we will start tomorrow. Here is how I will proceed. Starting tomorrow (Wednesday), I will send by e-mail a chapter every week. On Monday, I will open a thread on the relevant chapter. …
I now have a full draft of my book on concepts, Doing Without Concepts (OUP). A small reading group at Pitt (Bogen, Glymour…) gave me some invaluable feedback on the previous draft (actually, we are reading the last chapters). If a few readers of Brains are interested, I’d like to …
The website Interdisciplines is running a web-based workshop on Adaptation and Representations. Readers oif Brains might want to check the discussion.
[Post by Neil Levy]Brains blogger Ken Aizawa is well-known for (among other things) his opposition to the extended mind thesis. To refresh your memories, the extended mind thesis is the view, associated especially with Andy Clark (but also subscribed to by fellow-blogger Rob Wilson, as well as a growing number …
Cfp on the topic of Imagination and Creativity for the Arts and Neurosciences Review Institut Jean Nicod, Paris, France (Deadline: February 15, 2007) ARTS and NEUROSCIENCES REVIEW Established in the Institut Jean Nicod, an interdisciplinary lab interface between the humanities and the cognitive sciences, ARTS and NEUROSCIENCES REVIEW presents articles, …
Last Call for papers(Deadline: December 1, 2006)OBJECTS and SOUND PERCEPTIONIssue 7 (2007) of the EUROPEAN REVIEW of PHILOSOPHYhttps://www.erp-review.org
Corey Maley found this nice Halloween tribute to a great man.
Apparently, famous identity-theorist U.T. Place’s brain is preserved at University of Adelaide. See here. You’ll notice that it’s left hemisphere (right facing you) is huge compared to it’s right. Is this some evidence for the old logic and language in the left-brain idea (assuming Place was quite logical–and perhaps not …
There is great interest in sensory coding. Studies of sensory coding typically involve recording from sensory neurons during stimulus presentation, and the investigators determine which aspects of the neuronal response are most informative about the stimulus. These studies are left with a decoding problem: are the discovered codes, sometimes quite exotic, ultimately used by the nervous system to guide behavior? In our one-day workshop, researchers with many different backgrounds will evaluate what we know about neuronal decoders and suggest new strategies, both experimental and computational, for addressing the decoding problem.
The following cfp might be of interest to the brain community: OBJECTS and SOUND PERCEPTION, Issue 7 (2007) of the EUROPEAN REVIEW of PHILOSOPHY), eds. Nicolas J. Bullot and Paul Egré, deadline: Dec. 1, guest authors: Stephen Davies, Michael Kubovy, Mohan Matthen (more info on the website). The ERP is now …
Another group-blog for philosophy of mind has sprung into existence: Brain Pains. Contributors so far are Brad Thompson, Phillippe Chuard, and Robert Howell. Is the blogosphere big enough for Brains and Brain Pains? Of course!
As some of you know from previous posts, Sam Scott and I have written a paper on Splitting Concepts, forthcoming in Philosophy of Science. When it comes out, our paper will be followed by a response by Edouard Machery, entitled How to Split Concepts (posted with his permission). He did a …
I’m out of town until the end of the month.
