ASSC XIII finished on Monday but it was so packed that I needed a couple of days to rest and ruminate. Contrary to somehow disappointing TSC in Budapest in 2007, ASSC XIII was excellent, and as Thomas Metzinger stressed a couple of times, you could really see that the field …
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Jerry Fodor, LOT 2: The Language of Thought Revisited. Oxford, OUP, 2008. Some quick observations on Fodor’s new book: 1. As usual, a great book: ambitious, provocative, full of ideas and arguments, and as a bonus, funny (for those who like his humor). 2. He is still a computationalist, language-of-thought …
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If you are going to the annual meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association next week (Carleton University) or if you happen to be around Ottawa, you might want to come to the symposium on Doing without Concepts Wednesday May 27 2:00-5:00pm (room: AY 101). (Program here.) Christopher Hill (Brown), Diana …
In a recent post, I criticized some passages from Alva Noe’s book, Out of Our Heads. I’d like to clarify some details. First, it was pointed out to me that my tone was disrespectful. I am truly sorry about that. My comments were only aimed at the quoted claims, not …
Emergence and Reduction in the Sciences (Second Pittsburgh-Paris Workshop) Center for Philosophy of Science and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh / Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris Friday, December 11- Saturday, December 12, 2009 (possibly extending to morning, Sunday, December 13) …
