Abstract submission for ASSC 20 is now open
The 20th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from June 15-18, 2016. Abstract submissions are open until March 30.
Remembering Jon Altschul
J.C. Berendzen at Loyola University in New Orleans writes: It is with great sadness that I report the death of our colleague and friend Jon Altschul. Jon was a recently tenured member of the Loyola New Orleans Philosophy Department, a philosopher of mind, and epistemologist. Among other topics, he worked …
CFP — Essays in Philosophy: Extended Cognition and the Extended Mind
Submissions are sought for the July 2016 issue of Essays in Philosophy, a peer-reviewed online journal edited by David Boersema (Pacific University): https://commons.pacificu.edu/eip/. The topic of the issue is Extended Cognition and the Extended Mind. The issue editor is Gary Bartlett (Central Washington University). The deadline for submissions is March …
Neuroscience Online — an Open-Access Neuroscience Electronic Textbook
Thanks to Eric Thomson (on Facebook) for pointing out this terrific resource, provided by the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. The full table of contents is available here.
CFP: PhilMilCog 2016
University of Western Ontario Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Mind, Language, and Cognitive Science May 19-21, 2016 1145 Stevenson Hall (Map) Keynote Speakers: Professor Mazviita Chirimuuta (Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh) Professor Tim Bayne (Philosophy, University of Western Ontario) Professor Jessica Grahn (Psychology, University of Western Ontario) The Philosophy Department of the University of Western Ontario is pleased to announce the 14th …
Call for commentators: “Personal Identity, Direction of Change, and Neuroethics”
Brains invites philosophers and academics in other relevant disciplines to act as a commentator for our upcoming symposium, the second in our series on papers published in the journal Neuroethics. The target paper by Kevin Tobia (Yale) is titled “Personal Identity, Direction of Change, and Neuroethics” (abstract below). We are looking …
CFA: Two Conferences on the New Methods of Ethics
Call for Abstracts Two Conferences on the New Methods of Ethics Location: Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Conference 1: 15-16 Sep, 2016 Conference 2: 4-5 Jan, 2017