Greetings Brains folks, I wanted to follow up on Gualtiero’s posting of the conference I am hosting in Mississippi (October 2011). Although it is a regional conference, I especially would like for folks interested in theoretical debates in X-Phi to apply. We will be posting travel info and accommodation information …
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: MISSISSIPPI PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, STARKVILLE, MS OCTOBER 7-8, 2011 THEME: EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND ITS CRITICS: SURVEYS, NATURALISM, AND TRADITION KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JONATHAN WEINBERG, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA The Mississippi Philosophical Association (MPA) is soliciting abstracts for presentations at its annual meeting, to be held …
Recently there has been a lot of interesting work (including some by one of our own) done on the epistemic status of first-personal reports on conscious states. The usual target in this tradition is the assumption of a certain kind of first-person authority concerning what consciousness is like for someone …
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I’ve recently been re-reading A. David Milner and Melvyn Goodale’s The Visual Brain in Action, as part of a project on the conscious control of behavior (concerning which I’ll hopefully have something to post rather soon). For those who aren’t familiar with the book, it presents a detailed empirical case …
Sadly, philosophy is rarely taught in US high schools. High Phi is a valuable project put together by Mitch Green (U Virginia) to promote and support the teaching of philosophy in US high schools. Kudos to Mitch!
this is the top story on ABC this morning. and if it’s in science it must be true cheersGlenn
