Online Consciousness Conference Now Online!
The Fifth Online Consciousness Conference is now underway! It will run until March 1st so stop by and join in the fun!
I can feel the light!
In my most recent paper, we report on work in which we trained rats to discriminate among infrared (IR) light sources (normally invisible to the rat). We coupled the output of a head-mounted IR detector to microstimulators in the whisker region of primary somatosensory cortex. The rats initally respond to …
CALL FOR PAPERS, 2nd International CONFERENCE on the HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF COMPUTING
CALL FOR PAPERS, 2nd International CONFERENCE on the HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF COMPUTING (HaPoC 2013) 28th – 31st October 2013 Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris. with a special session on “Computing and the Arts” at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs https://hapoc2013.sciencesconf.org We are happy to announce that the 2nd International …
Liz Irvine’s book is out
Liz Irvine’s book, “Consciousness as a Scientific Concept,” is the first book published in the Springer book series Studies in Brain and Mind under its newish editor-in-chief and editorial board.While the hardback is fairly expensive at $99, a little known feature of Springer is that paperback copies of their books may …
METAPHYSICS AND MIND NEH Summer Seminar
I did this years ago and found it very beneficial, so I recommend it to junior philosophers out there: NEH Summer Seminar10 June-12 July 2013Washington University in St Louis Sixteen participants will be chosen from among eligible applicants interested in metaphysical issues that arise in the philosophy of mind. Early …
Philosophers’ Carnival No. 148
Here.
Philosophers' Carnival No. 148
Here.