Introducing Jakob Hohwy
It’s my pleasure to introduce Jakob Hohwy, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow at the Philosophy Department at Monash University, as our next featured scholar here at Brains.
Symposium on Philipp Koralus, “The Erotetic Theory of Attention” (Mind & Language 29 (1), 26-50)
Our next Mind & Language article symposium is on Philipp Koralus’ paper, “The Erotetic Theory of Attention: Questions, Focus and Distraction”, from the journal’s February 2014 issue, with commentaries by Felipe De Brigard, Christopher Mole, Catherine Stinson, and Sebastian Watzl. In his paper, Philipp argues that the functional role of attention …
Monday Links
Neuroskeptic on how treatment with deep brain stimulation made a man a fan of Johnny Cash. Joshua Shepherd reviews vol. 4 of Walter Sinnot-Armstrong’s moral psychology series, on free will and moral responsibility. Also, remember that our symposium on Philipp Koralus’ paper “The Erotetic Theory of Attention”, with commentaries by Felipe De Brigaard, …
Student CFP: Neuro-Interventions and the Law Conference at GSU
Neuro-Interventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity September 12-14, 2014 Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Hosted by Georgia State University and the Atlanta Neuroethics Consortium Keynotes: Nita Farahany (Duke University), Stephen Morse (University of Pennsylvania) The primary theme of this conference will focus on ethical and regulatory dilemmas that arise from the …
Thursday Links
The U.S. Office of Naval Research is funding a $7.5 million grant to build robots with morals. Philosophy gets a mention in the opening line, but after that, it seems to be seen as an engineering problem. Also, we are talking here about the U.S. military, so color me pessimistic. [Update: Though please …
Upcoming Journal CFPs
Below are a few upcoming CFPs for special issues of journals that I thought might be of issue to Brains readers: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly: Is Perceptual Experience Disunified? (Deadline: June 1, 2014) Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Philosophy of Mind (Deadline: September 15, 2014) Frontiers in Consciousness Research: Perception-Cognition Interface & …
Tuesday Links
A donor has given $7.7 million to the University of Michigan to fund an institute in cognitive science. Here’s another excellent reply to Neil deGraase Tyson’s remarks on philosophy, this time from Massimo Pigliucci. (h/t Daily Nous) Should we move beyond blame? Barbara H. Fried and other philosophers discuss. (h/t Kyle Fritz on …