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 …
Rationalizing Away
I’ve already mentioned how some philosophers are trying to offer pseudo-arguments to the affect that the APA anti-discrimination policy does not apply to hiring practices of religious institutions that de facto discriminate against homosexuals. David Hoekema (Calvin College) is another one of these — he has written yet another letter …
Philosophers' Carnival #89
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Simulation Theory and Dungeons and Dragons Psychology
After an excellent SSPP run by Gualtiero (who deserves great thanks!), I thought a modestly humorous post from here in Savannah was in order: Here is a question, which I think suggests a funny criticism: if simulation does play a prominent role in mindreading (the attribution of mental states to …
The Kripkean Response to Kripke’s Modal Argument against Physicalism
(cross-posted at Philosophy Sucks!) Well it’s been a while since I have posted anything here…I have been so busy with Consciousness Online (which by the way was a HUGE success!Thanks to all who participated, including our very own Gualtiero! I am also happy to announce that the Journal of Consciousness Studies …