Our Finite but Trainable Willpower
A nice article from today’s NY Times.
Philosophers’ Carnival #66
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BrainVoyager Brain Tutor
Those of you who, like me, are a little rusty on their neuroanatomy might like to check out a free program called ‘BrainVoyager Brain Tutor’, available <a href=”https://www.brainvoyager.com/BrainTutor.html”>here</a>. The program lets you interactively explore high-quality 3D head and brain models, which can be rotated, moved, zoomed and morphed in real-time. I’ve found …
Explaining Bias
By Adam Leonard The ability of fMRI scans to detect which modules of the brain are active during cognitive processes provides a crude, but nonetheless revealing window into how we “think”: it allows testing whether some of our gross assumptions are true or not. For example, a widely referenced July …
They Myth of Psychological Laws
It amazes me how many philosophy papers, even by young philosophers, appeal to “psychological laws”. For instance, they may discuss whether psychological laws are reducible to more fundamental laws, or whether they are intentional, or whathaveyou. This way of talking seems to presuppose that psychologists explain behavior in terms of laws.Where do they …
Philosophers’ Carnival #65
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Explaining Irrational Behavior
By Adam Leonard Michael S. Gazzaniga is a pioneering neuroscientist in split-brain research who is currently Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books for non-scientists, from /The Social Brain/ (1985) to /The Ethical Brain/ (2006), have allowed …