Hi everyone, apologies for not being around much lately, I’ve been chasing a baby around Berlin. At any rate I’m back today and I’d like to talk again about the quality of public discussions of matters related to the philosophy of mind. Today, as something a little different I’ll also …
Just in case people don’t know about the really cool conference/workshop being organized by Berit Brogaard and Kathleen Akins in August 2011 the deadline for workshop participants, poster presentations and conference registration has been extended so check it out!
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Coming up 16-19 May at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. If you happen to be in Israel at that time, you shouldn’t miss it.
I just noticed that the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Zombies was recently updated (authored by Robert Kirk, who’s book I reviewed for phil. psych). I was pleased to see that my JCS paper was mentioned in the “anti-zombie argument for physicalism” section. But Kirk cites my paper as …
The Yale Experiment Month studies have now gone live here. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Experiment Month is an APA-sponsored initiative designed to give a selected number of applicants the opportunity to carry out studies in experimental philosophy. There are a number of studies on the site that …
Patricia Churchland’s new book Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality is now out. I haven’t read it yet, but I know she has been talking about and researching this topic for a long time. I expect it to be a fun, interesting read. Her basic thesis is that morality …
