Philosophy Carnival #53
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Blog for Philosophy Conferences
By Brandon Towl I recently had the idea of putting together a blog that would act as a single resource for philosophy conferences and calls for papers… that is, until I found out that somebody else already did it. Although this blog does not list all conferences of interest, it …
Richard Stallman and Free Software
At the recent NA-CAP, I had the good fortune to meet the legendary Richard Stallman, who gave an impassionated defense of free software. According to him, it is unethical to use proprietary software. Regardless of the degree to which you agree with him, Stallman is worth listening to and meeting in person. Failing …
Oxytocin and Mindreading
A nice short review of recent research on the link between the two. (Link courtesy of Blake Myers.)
How to Live with Traumatic Brain Injury
Craig J. Phillips is a traumatic brain injury survivor and a rehabilitation counselor. He writes: “I sustained an open skull fracture with right frontal lobe damage and remained in a coma for 3 weeks at the age of 10 in August of 1967. I underwent brain and skull surgery after waking from …
Chalmers on Books on Consciousness
David Chalmers has posted a helpful list of recent collections of articles on consciousness.
Peer review and bloggers
Quite recently, more researchers are proposing a way to identify serious blog posts on peer-reviewed research. The idea seems to have originated at Cognitive Daily, and there is already a website for the project called BPR3 (Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting). The plan is to aggregate serious commentaries on published …