I’m looking for the key sources on the claim that consciousness does not have spatial properties such as extension, shape, etc.. Descartes it the obvious one, but other than Descartes are there any other sources for good discussion of this matter?
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: MISSISSIPPI PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, STARKVILLE, MS OCTOBER 7-8, 2011 THEME: EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND ITS CRITICS: SURVEYS, NATURALISM, AND TRADITION KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JONATHAN WEINBERG, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA The Mississippi Philosophical Association (MPA) is soliciting abstracts for presentations at its annual meeting, to be held …
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Sadly, philosophy is rarely taught in US high schools. High Phi is a valuable project put together by Mitch Green (U Virginia) to promote and support the teaching of philosophy in US high schools. Kudos to Mitch!
this is the top story on ABC this morning. and if it’s in science it must be true cheersGlenn
Volume 3 of Current Issues in Theoretical Philosophy (edited by Richard Schantz) is scheduled to come out early next year (for those of you familiar with it, the publication of this volume has been long delayed): https://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/ph/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110196238-1%20 Volume 3 is entitled “Prospects for Meaning,” and it promises to be pertinent to …
It’s hard to believe but even in our day and age, there are plenty of fairly distinguished philosophers who defend the existence of mental life after brain death. My neuroscience colleague Sonya Bahar and I have written a paper explaining why what we know about the brain makes a strong …
