The 163rd Philosophers’ Carnival is here. NYU’s David Amodio in Mother Jones on our racist brains. (h/t Robert Barnard on Facebook) Eric Schwitzgebel asks: Is early publication bad for philosophy? (h/t Eric S. on Facebook) Is there mathematical “proof” that computers can’t be conscious?* (h/t Don Howard on Facebook) German neuroscientists have …
I’m happy to have a couple of announcements to add to those I made last week: First, the visit of Jakob Hohwy (Monash) as a Featured Scholar will begin June 15. You can read more about Jakob and his work here. Second, following the symposium later this month on Philipp Koralus’ …
More links below. Keep them coming! — JS Slate‘s Sam Kean on the true story of frontal lobe patient Phineas Gage (h/t LeiterReports) In the same vein, Kean again, this time in Wired magazine, on what happens when a surgeon removes your hippocampus (h/t David Pereplyotchik on Facebook) Claire Wilson in …
Below are some links that I thought would be of interest to readers of the Brains blog. I intend to start publishing posts like this with some frequency, but am not a great surfer of the Internet, so feel free to share links in the comments, or pass them along …
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland – August, 18th to 22nd, 2014 Invited key-speakers Paul Thagard (Waterloo) Cristine Legare (Texas at Austin) Hugo Mercier (Neuchâtel) Call for papers Science is usually considered the paradigm of knowledge. Naturally, it has long been the subject of philosophical inquiry. Having moved away from abstract consideration of …
I’m sorry that the past few months have been light on content, but I’m happy to have some good news to announce about the future of the Brains blog. First, I’m very grateful that Robert Briscoe and Kristina Musholt have agreed to assist the blog as Contributing Editors. Beginning this summer, Robert …
As Justin Weinberg noted last week at the always-excellent Daily Nous, my colleague Al Mele has been awarded another grant from the John Templeton Foundation, this time for three years and $4.5 million for work on the philosophy and science of self-control. Here is the project website, and here is a …
