Philosophers’ Carnival #62
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Why Philosophy is in Better Shape than in 1997
Because philosophers are taking brains more seriously, of course!This is in response to some recent discussion of whether philosophy is better off than ten years ago.In the last ten years, more philosophers have started to think seriously about the nervous system, and the relationship between brains and minds, than ever …
Is pain an intentional state?
A recent post over at Cranky Philosopher argues that it isn’t. His post opens with: The thesis of this post is that there are non-intentional mental states. To establish this thesis all I need is one good example. So consider the felt pain that ensues when I plunge my hand …
Dutch Traffic
In the last few days, Brains has received a lot of visitors from the Netherlands. Depending on the time of the day, they have been the largest group of visitors by country. Welcome, guys! This can’t be a coincidence. If any of you kind readers has an explanation for this phenomenon, please let us know …
C. B. Martin’s Book
It’s out and it’s our chance to read C.B. Martin’s views about the mind in a comprehensive and systematic form. We are indebted to John Heil, without whose editorial work this book would not exist. I look forward to reading it (when I find the time). If anyone has read it and has comments, …
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 …