The head of the philosophy program at LaGuardia, John Chaffee, is the author of an introductory text book The Philosopher’s Way. The book is entering its fourth edition and John is updating the chapter on the self and consciousness. In particular he is updating the section on Paul Churchland’s eliminative materialism …
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMNOVEMBER 11-13, 2011SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 31, 2011 The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB invites papers for aconference on the normative implications of recent work in moralpsychology, broadly construed. The conference will be held inBirmingham, AL on November 11-13, 2011.The conference, to be hosted by the …
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
