I’ve just noticed that the program for ASSC XIII in Berlin (June, 5th-8th) has been published. Alas, I seem to be the only Brains contributor out there (having a talk during concurrent sessions), so I will surely report more here. I will defend a version of computationalism (more along the …
The program for the next meeting of the SPP (June 13-15) is now available on-line. You can also register for the conference and book a room. A few Brains readers (including Dan Weiskopf, Ken Aizawa and myself) will be presenting at the meeting, and I hope some of you will …
Some readers of Brains might be interested by the recently created Experimental Philosophy Society. Our goal is, broadly speaking, to promote the use of experimental methods within philosophy. You can join the society for a modest fee. We plan to use these fees to organize meetings at the APAs (Eastern, …
Kris Rhodes, grad student at UC-Irvine, has started The Extended Cognition Blog. I’ve posted an entry and a comment to help get it going. I’m betting others are welcome.
Here.
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 …
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 …
