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The Online Consciousness Conference has begun! Spread the word!
The Online Consciousness Conference has begun! Spread the word!
Wayne Wu (CMU) would like to present arguments against type-identity theory to his group of neuroscientists in his phil cog sci class, and he is wondering what papers he should have them read. As the audience is a specific one, he is disinclined to some of the classics (e.g. Kripke’s argument in Naming and …
First Pittsburgh -Tilburg workshop on Formal Epistemology Meets Experimental Philosophy Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science 29-30 September 2011 https://www.uvt.nl/tilps/FEMEP2011/ ********************************************************************* Over the years, the methodological toolbox of philosophers of science has widened considerably. Today, formal and experimental methods importantly complement more traditional methods such as conceptual analysis and …
The papers for the 3rd Online Consciousness Conference are now available here. Just one week before the conference starts, so better start reading now! : )
Hey Brainers, Eric’s post the other day about conceivability arguments got me thinking about Jackson’s (1982) thought experiment about Mary the color scientist–in particular, about a conversation with Justin Sytsma that I had at the PSA this past Fall. Here is a sketch of the Mary case: Mary is a …
A very interestinginterdisciplinary conference plus workshop organized by Kathleen Akins and Brit Brogaard in Vancouver on August 4-7, 2011 .
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