On the Human has an interesting target article by Mark Stoneking, Professor of evolutionary genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Antrhopology, on a question at the border of the philosophy of psychology and the philosophy of biology: Does culture accelerate biological evolution or rather buffer our species from …
Dan Haybron’s recent post on ‘The Folk Concept of Happiness’ brings up an interesting question that I think deserves some further discussion. Is people’s ordinary concept of happiness a purely psychological one, or is it wrapped up in some way with irreducibly normative or moral issues? To address this question, …
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By Benj Hellie Special one time offer for Brains readers!!!!! People who have weighed in on my earlier post might be interested to check out the MS I’ve just wrapped up: here. Comments gratefully acknowledged.
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(cross-posted at Philosophy Sucks!) Via David Rosenthal- There was a conference entitled “Theory Of Consciousness In Analytic Phenomenology And Philosophy Of Mind,” at the University of Bern, Switzerland, May 27-29, 2009. Podcasts of the talks are, for the next 2-3 years, at https://cast.switch.ch/vod/channels/g3bo2419i Talks are by David M. Rosenthal, Gianfranco …
Call for Papers: The Second Annual Online Consciousness Conference February 2010 Papers in any area of consciousness studies are welcome and should be roughly 3,000-4,000 words, suitable for blind review, and sent to consciousnessonline@gmail.com <mailto:consciousnessonline@gmail.com> by *January 5th 2009*. Those interested in being referees or commentators should also contact consciousnessonline@gmail.com. …
