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4th Online Consciousness Conference
has now officially begun and will run until March 2nd. Stop by https://consciousnessonline.com to get in on the action!
The Overflow Cup Runneth Over
[cross-posted at Philosophy Sucks!] There has been a lot of action on the overflow front lately! It started with papers by Ned Block and Dennett and Cohen in Trends in Cognitive Science (Block’s paper criticized, among others, my recent paper on this stuff). These articles spawned a response by me …
For those going to the Central APA next week
Here is an interesting session organized by David Anderson: FRIDAY, February 17, 3-6pm (at the Palmer House, Chicago) SESSION ON “Machine Consciousness” (Sponsored by the APA Committee on Computers and Philosophy) Chair: David Leech Anderson (Illinois State University) 3:00 Ned Block (New York University), “Can thinking about …
Explaining Cartesian Consciousness
[cross-posted at Philosophy Sucks!] In his classic paper “Two Concepts of Consciousness” David Rosenthal says “…if consciousness is essential to mentality no informative, nontrivial explanation of consciousness is possible” (2005 p 22). The claim is, roughly, that if all mental states are conscious and if there are no mental states …
Scientist on the Science of the Self
Brainers may be interested to know about the new blog of Steve Fleming on the science of the self: The Elusive Self
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