Call for Proposals: iCog 3

(via Mind Network) iCog is a network of junior researchers – postgraduates and early-career researchers – working in cognitive science. The network aims to promote and encourage dialogue and collaboration between researchers in psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology and computational intelligence. iCog has held two successful annual conferences, at the …

CFP: Third PLM Conference, Oslo

Third PLM Conference Philosophy of Language and Mind Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN) University of Oslo 11-13 September 2015 https://langmind.eu/index.php/conference Every two years PLM (see: https://langmind.eu/) organises a conference in the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. The third PLM conference will take place at the CSMN in Oslo, 11-13 …

Do we elicit a sense of agency by inferring that our intentions cause actions?

(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 & the Cognitive Sciences Workshop

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” …

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