(X-post from idontknowwhatiam) It’s doubtful, is the short answer, but the long answer is more interesting. What I’m asking about today is the account of the sense of agency put forward by Daniel Wegner and various collaborators since the late ‘90’s (Aarts, Custers, & Wegner, 2005; Wegner, 2002; Wegner, Sparrow, …
Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences Pre-SSPP Workshop at Loyola University New Orleans April 1, 2015 Confirmed Speakers: Tad Zawidzki (George Washington), “Agent Neutral Interpretation” Cameron Buckner (Houston), “Ravens Attribute Their Own Prior Visual Access to Unseen Competitors” Berit Brogaard (Miami), “Phenomenal That’s-Allness” Robert Briscoe (Ohio), “A Cartography of Multisensory Processes” …
In the previous post, I introduced some questions at the center of my current book project, concerning the boundary between the mental and the non-mental. In this post I sketch that project in very broad outline. Many thanks for the useful comments about my list of 5 characteristics that are …
The Centre for Advanced Studies in Göttingen, the Lichtenberg-Kolleg, invites applications for Early Career Fellowships for the period from October 2015 to July 2017 in a group of philosophers working on conceptual and foundational issues concerning primate cognition. The group will be closely related to a newly established research cluster …
I’m delighted to be guest blogging here at Brains. My plan for my series of posts here is to introduce the set of questions at the center of my current project; shamelessly exploit the brilliant readers of this blog for my own purposes invite others to weigh in on these …
I am happy to be introducing Brie Gertler, who will be guest-blogging as a featured scholar here at Brains beginning this week. Brie received her PhD from Brown University in 1997 and is currently Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. Her research interests are in the philosophy …
Hong Yu Wong and his group are organizing an interdisciplinary action summer school in Tübingen (4/20-4/25). Graduate students and younger scholars in the cognitive science and philosophy of action are encouraged to apply. Details are available here: https://www.cinphilosophyandneuroscience.uni-tuebingen.de/summerschool-on-action.php
