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Philosophers' Carnival #126
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Functions and their Appropriate Rate of Performance
Justin Garson (here is his old webpage; he is moving to a new job at Hunter College/CUNY) and I have written a paper in which we introduce a novel version of the Biostatistical Theory of functions (primarily due to Christopher Boorse) that accounts for the phenomenon that functions must be performed …
Could Conjoned Twins Share a Mind?
Article in the NY Times Magazine.
Philosophers' Carnival #125
here.
Call for Proposals: CO4
(apologies for cross posting) It is time to start pre-planning for CO4! There are exciting things in the works for the invited portion of the conference but since they are not finalized I cannot announce them yet. I will make an announcement when I can. Last year I started a …
CFP: Varieties of Representation. Kazimierz Naturalist Workshop 2011
This year, we’re again organizing a naturalist workshop in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, and the topic is representation and its varieties. Here goes the CFP: Kazimierz Dolny, Poland – September 5-9th, 2011 Invited key speakers Francisco Calvo (Murcia)Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh)Huw Price (Sydney / Cambridge)Joelle Proust (Institut Jean-Nicod) The notion of representation is …