Philosophers' Carnival #90
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Zombies Transcended?
I have just read through the latest draft of fellow Brains contributor Pete Mandik’s paper Transcending Zombies which he has up over at Brain Hammer. In it Pete wants to develop advice to the reductionist about consciousness in the form of a transcendental argument that depends crucially on the sorts of …
Noe on the Origins of Cognitive Science
Ken Aizawa brought to my attention some claims made by Alva Noe in his new book, entitled Out of Our Heads. It’s a book for the general public, so we shouldn’t expect too much scholarly rigor. Nevertheless, there is no reason why it should be as sloppy as it is (on this issue). A section …
Carruthers and architecture of mind
Toni Gomila edited the most recent issue of Argentinian journal Análisis filosófico that has been just put online. It is focused on Peter Carruthers work on the archicture of mind, including also my paper on modularity, where I defend a non-weak, or even robust version of it. Though in many …
Brains Is Good for Your Health
Presumably, that’s why it’s included in this list of 100 Excellent Health Blogs to Improve Every Aspect of Your Life.
Post-doc of interest
** Post-doc proposal : Program « Cognitive Origins of Vagueness », Institut Jean-Nicod ** Job description : Institut Jean-Nicod (EHESS/ENS/CNRS, Paris) is seeking to recruit a post-doctoral researcher for 12 months as part of the ANR research project « Cognitive Origins of Vagueness », conducted by Paul Égré. The position is to start September …
A Dialogue on Philosophy Blogging, with Brit Brogaard
Brit Brogaard blogs at Lemmings. G: What prompted you to launch a philosophy blog? B: I was giving a talk in Aberdeen in Scotland in July 2006 and had a pub conversation with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Carrie Jenkins, John Hawthorne and others about blogging. One side led by Walter argued that …