Philosophers' Carnival #87
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Post-docs
Two post-docs of interest for the readers of this blog: 1. 2-year posdoctoral fellowship in the philosophy of cognitive science at Oxford (starting Oct 2009, deadline: March 6). Information here. 2. 2-year postdoctoal fellowship at the Institut Jean-Nicod (starting Oct 2009, deadline: Aoril 10). The applicant’s research area should be …
Philosophy Gourmet Report 2009
As the new PGR is out, I’ll take this opportunity to thank Brian Leiter for his service to the community. In my opinion, the PGR is an extraordinarily useful tool: primarily for aspiring graduate students, and secondarily for everyone else in philosophy. Surely it’s not perfect, but it’s a lot …
Philosophers Defend Bigotry
I try to avoid inflamatory language, but this petition is upsetting: philosophers splitting hairs in support of policies that discriminate against homosexuals (HT: Leiter Reports). Their main point seems to be that you are not really discriminating against homosexuals as long as you are not asking them to change their sexual orientation …
In defense of grandmother cells
I’m a big fan of grandmother cells, myself… doi:10.1037/a0014462
Philosophers' Carnival #86
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Consciousness Online
The program of the Conciousness Online Conference organized by Richard Brown has been finalized. See it there. Do not miss Richard’s presentation of the conference! Thanks for all this work. Edouard