Update: If anyone is interested, I posted a couple more thoughts on this discussion at Philosophy Sucks! On Tuesday I attended a discussion with Kati Balog of her paper Zombies, Illuminati, and Metaphysical Gridlock which was very interesting. She begins by thinking about zombies and the things they say. If there …
BBS will publish a precis on Doing without Concepts, and is now accepting proposals for commentaries (see below). If you are not on the list of commentators, but would like to propose a comment, e-mail me, and I’ll suggest your name (machery@pitt.edu). NOW ACCEPTING COMMENTARY PROPOSALS ON: Book: “Doing Without …
The EJPS is now accepting submissions! Send us your (best!) papers. EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (EJPS) Editor-in-Chief: Carl Hoefer (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)Deputy Editor: Mauro Dorato (University of Rome III, Italy)Associate Editors: Franz Huber (Konstanz, Germany), Edouard Machery (Pittsburgh, USA), Michela Massimi (London, UK), Samir Okasha (Bristol, …
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 …
