Philosophers’ Carnival #162
… at Aesthetics for Birds, with lots of really excellent content this month.
SpaceTimeMind
You may (or may not) have noticed that Pete Mandik and Richard Brown (me) have started a podcast, called SpaceTimeMind, where we talk about tax law updates for 2014, uh, I mean, er, we talk about space and time and mind! The first episode is up now (and has been …
Moscow Summer School on Free Will
The Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies (MCCS) is hosting a Summer School from the 11th to the 25th of August 2014 devoted to the Free Will problem led by the world renowned expert Prof. John Martin Fischer. Graduate students and young PhDs are welcome to take part in the “Free Will and …
Recent work by Brains contributors
The following articles by Brains contributors were added to PhilPapers in March. Please let me know of any errors or omissions. – JS J. Robert Thompson (2014). Signature Limits in Mindreading Systems. Cognitive Science 38 (2). Kristina Musholt & Eileen Munro (forthcoming). Neuroscience and the Risks of Maltreatment. Children and Youth Services Review. E. Machery (forthcoming). Review of Words and Thoughts: …
Spaulding and Kandel on relationship between psychiatry/philosophy
See the following video from the Emerson-Wier Liberal Arts Symposium on the topic of interdisciplinarity at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. Spaulding’s remarks begin at 25 minutes, and Kandel’s response begins at 1:33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y0KXh1bTqqM There has been a fair amount of discussion recently on Facebook concerning how to frame …
neuro.tv
I wanted to let you all know about a new exciting project going on at Duke University: Neuro.Tv, a monthly online discussion between psychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers talking about minds, brains and behaviors. Take a look! The link is: neuro.tv.
A nice article by Susan Schneider
On artificial intelligence and downloading our minds into computers, in the NY Times’ The Stone.