The Latest Philosophers' Carnival
Here. Check out the prominence given to our Adam Shriver, including a link to his NY Times op-ed piece!!
Consciousness, Consciousness, & More Consciousness!
The Online Consciousness Conference has officially begun!!
Below the fold I have posted some thoughts on the higher-order thought theory of consciousness and introspection in case people want more consciousness!!
Mind Network
Hi Guys, N.B. this isn’t just for UK folk, we’re hoping that it is also of use to a wider international community, and we’re serious about building international links… This is to announce the launch of the Mind Network, a new UK network for Philosophy of Mind & Cognitive Science …
Graduate Workshop on Pain
On 11 June 2010 the Philosophy Department at the University of Birmingham (UK) will host a Graduate Workshop on Pain, sponsored by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science and supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Keynote speakers will be: Dr David Bain, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of …
Knocking Out Pain in Livestock
Hi, thanks very much to Gualtiero for allowing me to post here. Last summer, I published an article in the journal Neuroethics discussing the possibility of genetically engineering livestock that lack the affective or “suffering” component of pain. New Scientist magazine picked up on the story and this generated a …
Philosophers' Carnival #103
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The Phenomenal Qualities Project Podcasts
via Sam Coleman; *The Phenomenal Qualities Project* Podcasts now available on the Project website- Featuring: Tim Crane, David Papineau, Philip GoffJerry Valberg, Andreas Hutteman, Sam Coleman on such topics as: The nature of phenomenal concepts, perception,consciousness and metaphysics, intentionalism,qualia, physicalism. Podcasts available at:https://phenomenalqualities.wordpress.com/phenomenal-podcasts/ See also our uploaded papers, and photos from recent …