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What's a good reading against type-identity theory for neuroscientists?
Wayne Wu (CMU) would like to present arguments against type-identity theory to his group of neuroscientists in his phil cog sci class, and he is wondering what papers he should have them read. As the audience is a specific one, he is disinclined to some of the classics (e.g. Kripke’s argument in Naming and …
CfP: Formal Epistemology Meets Experimental Philosophy (Tilburg, 29 – 30 September 2011)
First Pittsburgh -Tilburg workshop on Formal Epistemology Meets Experimental Philosophy Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science 29-30 September 2011 https://www.uvt.nl/tilps/FEMEP2011/ ********************************************************************* Over the years, the methodological toolbox of philosophers of science has widened considerably. Today, formal and experimental methods importantly complement more traditional methods such as conceptual analysis and …
CO3 Papers Available
The papers for the 3rd Online Consciousness Conference are now available here. Just one week before the conference starts, so better start reading now! : )
2 Jobs in Edinburgh (Philosophy of Cognitive Science)
Permanent Lectureship in Philosophy of Cognitive Science Applications are invited for a permanent lectureship in Philosophy of Cognitive Science, tenable from 1 August 2011. Salary Scale: £36,862 – £44,016. This permanent post has been created to help support a new interdisciplinary masters level initiative in Cognition in Science and Society. …
Second CFP: Embodied Social Cognition
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences is hosting a special issue on embodied cognition’s accounts of social cognition. Submissions are due March 1, 2011. For more information, see the journal’s website (here).
Same-Order Theories and the Failure of Phenomenal Intimacy
Perusing the new issue of Philosophical Studies that came out I came across Chad Kidd’s paper Phenomenal Consciousness with Infallible Self-Representation, which happens to be freely available on Phil Studies home page. The paper is interesting and aims to respond to the challenge raised by Josh Weisberg’s paper Same Old, Same Old: The …