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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SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY: 36th Annual Meeting June 9-12, 2010, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Submission Deadline: February 1, 2010. Submissions should be tailored to one of the following three presentation types: •45 Minute Contributed Sessions with Commentators: Suitable for longer papers featuring empirical research or sustained …
I have long wondered what dualists mean when they speak of nonphysical properties. Today I was reading Chalmers’ paper The Matrix as Metaphysics and he says something that may shed some light on the way in which he thinks of nonphysical properties. …
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I have been away from Pittsburgh for about a year (May 2008-August 2009), and since I came back, I have been impressed by the amount of philosophy of cognitive science going on in Pittsburgh. To wit: – I am teaching a graduate seminar surveying the philosophy of cognitive science (Mark …
Call for Papers: CO2: The Second Online Consciousness Conference February 2010 Please post and distribute widely; appologies for cross-posting I am pleased to announce the call for papers for the second Consciousness Online conference. We have a very exciting conference planned for this year with some new features (e.g. podcasts …
