Inspired by Trent Dougherty’s efforts at Certain Doubts to compile a list of women working in epistemology, Carolyn, Brit, and I have spent some time doing the same for the philosophy of mind. Let me quote Trent’s justification for such a project: I suspect that one of the most common …
Thanks to its ever growing community of contributors, Brains’s traffic has increased to about 150-300 unique visitors per day. As I said before, Brains is a service to the community of scholars interested in the philosophy of mind and related sciences. Anyone who belongs in this community and would like to …
Mark Phelan (Lawrence) and Adam Waytz (Northwestern) are guest editing a special issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology on consciousness attribution in moral cognition. Guest authors include: Kurt Gray (Maryland), Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh) and Justin Sytsma (East Tennessee State), and Anthony I. Jack (Case Western Reserve) and Philip Robbins (Missouri). Submissions …
The Review of Philosophy and Psychology has just released a call for papers for a special issue on Consciousness and Moral Cognition. In essence, the editors are interested in questions about how people’s attributions of consciousness affect their moral judgments. Do people think that they have a greater obligation to …
If you are attending the APA, consider attending the Session on Grant Opportunities organized by the APA Committee on Lectures, Publications, and Research. All of the agencies we contacted in organizing this session (including a number that were not able to attend the panel) noted that they are very interested in …
Each summer, Penn Neuroscience Boot Camp gives participants a basic foundation in cognitive and affective neuroscience and equips them to be informed consumers of neuroscience research. Neuroscience is increasingly relevant to a number of professions and academic disciplines beyond its traditional medical applications. Lawyers, educators, economists and businesspeople, as well …
“Boston University is hosting its fourth annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Consciousness (IGCC) on April 13th and 14th 2012. This year’s theme is Consciousness at the Margins. We are particularly interested in papers on issues in implicit bias and subconscious emotions. Psychologist Mahzarin R. Banaji and philosopher Owen Flanagan will …
