Philosophers’ Carnival #61
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Do qualia serve to tag the ‘here and now’?
What follows are some excerpts from a manuscript on the PCC (psychological correlates of consciousness) that I’ve been working on for a while, which will perhaps never see the light of
day. Philosophers, feel free to have a field day with my naive ideas.
Note I’m not sure which of the ideas are mine and which I stole from others. Of the inspirations I remember, two stick out. One, Gregory suggested that qualia function as a ‘tag for the present’ (see
his paper on this here), and Trehub has also suggested similar ideas in the domain of space …
Scholarpedia
I just discovered Scholarpedia, yet another effort at a open access online encyclopedia, to be dynamically updated. This one is written by top experts. Or at least, they hope it will be. They are starting by trying to get entries in the field of computational neuroscience, dynamical systems, and computational intelligence, …
Psychology and Experimental Philosophy
E. Machery, T. Lombrozo & J. Knobe (eds.)European Review of Philosophy, 9 (2009) Submission deadline: 1 September 2008https://www.erp-review.org/cfp9.php GUEST AUTHORS————-John DARLEY and Geoffrey GOODWIN, Princeton UniversitySean KELLY, Harvard UniversityDan OSHERSON, Princeton University CALL FOR PAPERS————–Over the last decade, philosophers have started using experimental and quasi-experimental methods to obtain data that are relevant for …
The World Congress of Philosophy
A paper of mine got accepted at the XXII World Congress of Philosophy, which will take place next August in Seoul, Korea. Given how expensive it would be to go there, I wonder whether it’s worthwhile. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about the World Congress of Philosophy, and …
There is no place in the brain where it all comes together?
The title is a familiar mantra I hear from philosophers, a mantra that was largely accepted upon publication of Consciousness Explained. It is advanced as both an anatomical fact and a functional fact. What evidence is cited from neuroanatomy in support of the anatomical claim? I couldn’t find anything in …
Minds and Computers Book
I just discovered this new, nice little book (2007, Edimburgh University Press). It’s surprisingly clear, concise, and yet wide in scope at the same time. A great option for a very basic intro course. Too bad that the story Matt Carter tells is superceded at various points by recent literature (including this).