Hi, Quite recently I started to think the notion of coherence in the context of cognitive sciences. (The sun was shining and so on…) As well know, there are several ways to interpret philosophically the notion of (conceptual) coherence. For instance, one way is to say that the notion of coherence can be simply defined …
Bechtel and Mundale, (1999), propose that the putative multiple realization of psychological functions is the product of a kind of trick. They suggest that defenders of MR type psychological properties at a coarse grain and potential realizer properties at a fine grain. By doing this, it looks as though the …
While it’s quite easy to say who was first to suggest that the mind is a computational system (Leibniz, if you don’t remember, in De arte combinatoria), I cannot remember who was first to say that the computer is just a metaphor of the (human) mind. (Well, I think that …
Contrary to what many doctors apparently assume, there is overwhelming evidence (cf. here and here) that hydranencephalic children, who lack a cerebral cortex, are creature conscious in a robust sense. That is, they have a sleep-wake cycle, they respond appropriately to some features of stimuli, and they express emotions and preferences. …
Justin Sytsma and I (Pittsburgh, HPS) are surveying people’s intuitions about mental states. We would appreciate if the readers of this blog took part in this survey. We ask participants to complete a 5-minute questionnaire and we ask a few biographic questions. The questionnaire is entirely anonymous and your response …
Josh Dever is concerned that philosophers don’t cite Ph.D. dissertations enough. To try to counter that, he has created a webpage with links to some philosophy dissertations. (Link couresy of Brandon Towl.)
Price announcement. Some comments on it. (Courtesy of Zvi Biener.)
