Find out at my most recent consciousness post, and figure out how to decode graphs like this:Hint: line density equals photoreceptor density, and top is bottom because images are inverted on the retina. If that doesn’t make sense, check out the long version. It’s part of my eight-million post series …
Rick Cooper (psychology, U London) is putting together an issue of Topics in Cognitive Science (a new journal by the Cognitive Science Society) on the fascinating topic of cognitive control. They are soliciting commentaries on the introductory paper plus five target articles, including a nice one by our Pete Mandik. …
In case anyone is interested in the response by Block and Kitcher to Fodor’s argument against evolutionary biology: https://bostonreview.net/BR35.2/block_kitcher.php
Here. Check out the prominence given to our Adam Shriver, including a link to his NY Times op-ed piece!!
The Online Consciousness Conference has officially begun!!
Below the fold I have posted some thoughts on the higher-order thought theory of consciousness and introspection in case people want more consciousness!!
Hi Guys, N.B. this isn’t just for UK folk, we’re hoping that it is also of use to a wider international community, and we’re serious about building international links… This is to announce the launch of the Mind Network, a new UK network for Philosophy of Mind & Cognitive Science …
Hi, thanks very much to Gualtiero for allowing me to post here. Last summer, I published an article in the journal Neuroethics discussing the possibility of genetically engineering livestock that lack the affective or “suffering” component of pain. New Scientist magazine picked up on the story and this generated a …
