Philosophers' Carnival #129
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Consciousness Studies in 1000 Words (More) or Less
The head of the philosophy program at LaGuardia, John Chaffee, is the author of an introductory text book The Philosopher’s Way. The book is entering its fourth edition and John is updating the chapter on the self and consciousness. In particular he is updating the section on Paul Churchland’s eliminative materialism …
The Myth of Phenomenological Overflow
UPDATE 7/27/11 The paper is now available on Consciousness and Cognition’s website: The myth of phenomenological overflow —————– I have just finished my contribution to the Special Issue of Consciousness and Cognition that I am editing featuring descendants of papers from the second online consciousness conference and made the pre-print …
CFP: NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF MORAL PSYCHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMNOVEMBER 11-13, 2011SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 31, 2011 The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB invites papers for aconference on the normative implications of recent work in moralpsychology, broadly construed. The conference will be held inBirmingham, AL on November 11-13, 2011.The conference, to be hosted by the …
Consciousness does not have spatial properties?
I’m looking for the key sources on the claim that consciousness does not have spatial properties such as extension, shape, etc.. Descartes it the obvious one, but other than Descartes are there any other sources for good discussion of this matter?
More info on the MPA CFA
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 …
CF Abstracts: Mississippi Phil Ass
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 …