(cross posted at Philosophy Sucks!) I have previously argued that synchronous neural activity is a candidate for a theoretical account of what a brain state is. Here is an Interesting article reviewing a new paper that suggests an interesting role for neural synchrony. I would be interested to hear what others thought about the idea …
Dario Taraborelli has asked me to attract your attention to a new journal, The Review of Philosophy of Psychology. The RPP accepts proposals for special issues as well as submitted articles, and the editors welcome articles in the philosophy of mind and psychology (Dario is the editor in chief). Keep this …
Update: If anyone is interested, I posted a couple more thoughts on this discussion at Philosophy Sucks! On Tuesday I attended a discussion with Kati Balog of her paper Zombies, Illuminati, and Metaphysical Gridlock which was very interesting. She begins by thinking about zombies and the things they say. If there …
BBS will publish a precis on Doing without Concepts, and is now accepting proposals for commentaries (see below). If you are not on the list of commentators, but would like to propose a comment, e-mail me, and I’ll suggest your name (machery@pitt.edu). NOW ACCEPTING COMMENTARY PROPOSALS ON: Book: “Doing Without …
The EJPS is now accepting submissions! Send us your (best!) papers. EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (EJPS) Editor-in-Chief: Carl Hoefer (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)Deputy Editor: Mauro Dorato (University of Rome III, Italy)Associate Editors: Franz Huber (Konstanz, Germany), Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh, USA), Michela Massimi (London, UK), Samir Okasha (Bristol, …
There is a nice video of a recent talk by David Chalmers on the singularity available here. Dave also summarizes the argument in a recent post at his blog Fragments of Consciousness (here). He also gave this talk at the Graduate Center, which is where I saw it last Wednesday. …
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