I don’t normally post up drafts of papers, but this one might be of interest to some regulars. It is a reply to Bechtel and Mundale’s 1999 Philosophy of Science paper. Neuroscience & Multiple Realization. Comments welcome. I think it’s still a little rough, especially the section on the “grain …
*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***
Subjective Measures of Well-Being and the Science of Happiness:
Historical origins and philosophical foundations
Date: February 2-3, 2008
Website:
Workshop organized by the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Ethics
and Values in the Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
In-Mind is an online magazine about social cognition. On their Videos page, they have digged out an awesome video of Asch’s classical experiments on peer pressure, in which people end up denying what they see to conform. Definitely worth five minutes of your time.
(cross-posted at Philosophy Sucks!) I have just become a contributor to The Tri-State Cog Blog, which is a group weblog about cognitive science, intended to foster a community of cognitive science researchers based in the Northeastern USA. We post content on a wide range of issues in all areas of …
While I’m in the “conference reminding” frame of mind, I should note the upcoming deadline for the PSA. The twenty-first PSA biennial meeting will take place November 6-9, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Further information is here. Scientist + philosopher symposia are of interest this year. I think that Edouard is …
Colleagues, Just a reminder that the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology call for papers is now available here. Submission deadline is November 15, 2007. For 2008, we will be in New Orleans, the SSPP’s most popular venue. We are currently planning to have a poster session to accommodate more …
Brit has an interesting post, with a link to further interesting discussion.
