John Schwenkler’s thought-provoking survey on the climate for women in empirically-informed philosophy of mind prompts me to think more carefully about what empirically-informed philosophy of mind actually is. Are there necessary and sufficient conditions for a type of philosophical inquiry to be considered empirically-informed? I would like to generate a …
I’ve gotten about 30 responses to the survey I posted last week, and as I begin to look through the data (this takes a while, as I have to enter them into an Excel spreadsheet in order to break them down), some interesting trends have emerged. In this post I’ll …
Guest-blogging at Leiter Reports, Rebecca Kukla identifies the following criteria as necessary for a philosophical sub-discipline to be truly woman-friendly: (1) There are a sizable number of leaders and up-and-coming stars in the field who are women, regardless of whether they take up feminist issues, and (2) it has a …
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A philosophy of mind conference hosted by Bilkent University, Ankara, 7-8 June, 2012. High-quality submissions are invited on the many aspects of the mind-body problem. Some suggested topics include: naturalistic/physicalistic reduction of intentionality and/or phenomenal consciousness, the potential constitutive role of the body in mental states, the extended …
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS, St. Louis, MO. Postdoctoral Fellow, one year appointment with possibility of extension for one or two semesters (pending administrative approval), Department of Philosophy. Begins Spring Semester (January 15) 2012 or later. AOS: philosophy of mind, psychology, neuroscience, and computing. AOC: open. The postdoctoral fellow will work …
I’ve been thinking about the paper and movie linked at the previous post. Have a look at that if you haven’t, because it’s neat. Here’s what you might think about the movie. You might look at the clip on the left and the movie on the right, and think “Wow! …
