Roughly speaking, computationalism is the view that cognition is computation. Although some form of computationalism has been mainstream in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind for decades, many people remain sceptical of it. Their reasons vary, but none of them amount to a refutation.In the philosophical literature, the most prominent objections to …
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This might of interest for those readers who approach psychology and neuroscience from a philosophy of science perspective: The Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, announces two new postdoctoral fellowships for the academic year 2009-2010. Each fellowship includes a $40,000 stipend with benefits. Eligible candidates must be within …
Fiery Cushman and Eric Schwitzgebel are running a new version of the “Moral Sense Test”, which asks respondents to make moral judgments about hypothetical scenarios. They’re especially hoping to recruit people with philosophy degrees for this test so that they can compare philosophers’ and non-philosophers’ responses.The test should take about 15-20 minutes.Here’s …
THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE “HUMAN”Final Conference with Leading Scientists and Humanists WHAT: The National Humanities Center will host the third and final conference that explores how modern scientific developments give more insight into what it means to be “human.” The 2008 “The Human & …
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Does anyone know of any studies that have done something like the following, or know a reason it shouldn’t work? Imagine a population of computer agents that spit out sequences of sentences, random well-formed formulas of first-order logic. Selection acts not at the genetic level, but the agents are able …
