Two years ago, I ran a survey of semantic intuitions concerning empty names, that is, names that appear to be without a referent (e.g., ‘Santa Claus’, ‘Superman’). Some of those who kindly participated in the survey asked me to post the results of the survey. (Thanks again for your help, folks.) …
There is a nice video of a recent talk by David Chalmers on the singularity available here. Dave also summarizes the argument in a recent post at his blog Fragments of Consciousness (here). He also gave this talk at the Graduate Center, which is where I saw it last Wednesday. …
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SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY: 36th Annual Meeting June 9-12, 2010, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Submission Deadline: February 1, 2010. Submissions should be tailored to one of the following three presentation types: •45 Minute Contributed Sessions with Commentators: Suitable for longer papers featuring empirical research or sustained …
By Jim Virtel The University of Pennsylvania is holding its second Neuroethics Boot Camp from August 1 – 11, 2010. All interested graduate students, professional students, university faculty, and working professionals are encouraged to apply regardless of science background. Applications are due February 1, 2010. Here’s more information from …
I have long wondered what dualists mean when they speak of nonphysical properties. Today I was reading Chalmers’ paper The Matrix as Metaphysics and he says something that may shed some light on the way in which he thinks of nonphysical properties. …
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