Corey Maley and I have recently completed paper in which we give a goal-based account of teleological functions. Comments are very welcome. (The above paper builds on another paper by Justin Garson and me that is forthcoming in BJPS. That paper is available upon request.) Abstract: We provide the foundations …
Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies 1st International Avant-Conference 2013 8-10 November 2013, Torun, Poland The claim that both the body and the environment are involved in our experience of the world is a banal claim. However, the point is what a great role in our mental processes is played by the …
Georgetown University Philosophy Conference 2013 Reasons and Reasoning April 20, 2013 Keynote Speaker: Japa Pallikkathayil (University of Pittsburgh) Inquiry into reasons and reasoning has long occupied a central place in the major philosophical disciplines. From logic and ethics to epistemology and the history of philosophy, some of our discipline’s most creative and innovative work concerns practical …
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The article is here, featuring a photo of our own Richard Brown and Pete Mandik jamming with Alex Keifer in Quiet Karate Reflex, plus quotes from Richard, Dave Chalmers, and others. Event details here; and here is the event page on Facebook.
This is a call for abstracts for the second biennial New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility (NOWAR), to be held in New Orleans, LA at the Intercontinental Hotel on November 7-9, 2013. Abstracts are welcome on any topic having to do with agency and/or responsibility. Perspectives beyond just those …
The mind-body problem asks: How are mental states related to physical states of the brain, the body, and behavioral states more generally? Functionalists claim that mental states are identical with functional roles, defined as relations between environmental impingements, external behaviors, and other mental states.Analytic functionalists contend that these identities are imposed …
