I have been away from Pittsburgh for about a year (May 2008-August 2009), and since I came back, I have been impressed by the amount of philosophy of cognitive science going on in Pittsburgh. To wit: – I am teaching a graduate seminar surveying the philosophy of cognitive science (Mark …
From the abstract: Classic visual deprivation experiments have led to the expectation that neural connections established during development would not appropriately process an input that was not present from birth. Therefore, it was believed that the treatment of congenital vision disorders would be ineffective unless administered to the very young. …
** Second Call for papers ** 102nd Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and PsychologyApril 15-17, 2010Westin Peachtree PlazaAtlanta, GA SSPP Webpage: https://southernsociety.org/Information on 2010 meeting: https://southernsociety.org/annualmeeting.htmCall for papers: https://southernsociety.org/Call%20For%20Papers.doc Submission of papers having interdisciplinary interest is strongly encouraged. Papers should be no longer than 3000 words and be …
Call for Papers: CO2: The Second Online Consciousness Conference February 2010 Please post and distribute widely; appologies for cross-posting I am pleased to announce the call for papers for the second Consciousness Online conference. We have a very exciting conference planned for this year with some new features (e.g. podcasts …
By Jim Virtel The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation would like your ideas to help people affected by mental illness. They’re offering a substantial monetary prize for the best idea. Anisha Imhoff-Kerr’s message is below: For far too long, mental illness has been stigmatized and those stigmas have served as a …
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I have been working on a rewrite of the paper I presented at the first Consciousness Online and the Pacific apa for the special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies that I am editing. The paper is still very drafty and needs a couple more passes before it will be …
