Emergence and Reduction in the Sciences (Second Pittsburgh-Paris Workshop) Center for Philosophy of Science and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh / Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris Friday, December 11- Saturday, December 12, 2009 (possibly extending to morning, Sunday, December 13) …
I say no. Watch the video (from my talk at UCLA in the Brain Evolution Culture series) and the Questions and Answers. Comments and suggestions welcome as usual.
The program for the next meeting of the SPP (June 13-15) is now available on-line. You can also register for the conference and book a room. A few Brains readers (including Dan Weiskopf, Ken Aizawa and myself) will be presenting at the meeting, and I hope some of you will …
Some readers of Brains might be interested by the recently created Experimental Philosophy Society. Our goal is, broadly speaking, to promote the use of experimental methods within philosophy. You can join the society for a modest fee. We plan to use these fees to organize meetings at the APAs (Eastern, …
I have just read through the latest draft of fellow Brains contributor Pete Mandik’s paper Transcending Zombies which he has up over at Brain Hammer. In it Pete wants to develop advice to the reductionist about consciousness in the form of a transcendental argument that depends crucially on the sorts of …
** Post-doc proposal : Program « Cognitive Origins of Vagueness », Institut Jean-Nicod ** Job description : Institut Jean-Nicod (EHESS/ENS/CNRS, Paris) is seeking to recruit a post-doctoral researcher for 12 months as part of the ANR research project « Cognitive Origins of Vagueness », conducted by Paul Égré. The position is to start September …
(cross-posted at Philosophy Sucks!) Well it’s been a while since I have posted anything here…I have been so busy with Consciousness Online (which by the way was a HUGE success!Thanks to all who participated, including our very own Gualtiero! I am also happy to announce that the Journal of Consciousness Studies …
