I just re-read Lexical Competence, by Diego Marconi (MIT Press, 1997), a book that deserves to be read more widely than it has been. Here is my spin on it:Lexical competence is competence in understanding words, a component of general semantic competence (competence in understanding language). Marconi reviews arguments to the …
Some sessions I enjoyed last week at the 2006 PSA in Vancouver:Philosophy in the Trenches: From Naturalized to Experimental Philosophy (of Science)Jonathan Weinberg and Stephen Crowley argued that experimental philosophy is, indeed, philosophy (contrary to some exclusionary views to the effect that ‘experimental philosophy’ is an oxymoron).Karola Stotz presented some …
Bob Gordon sent me this MSNBC.com Article: New study reveals the brain’s ‘steady cam’. Our eyes constantly flit around, but rather than producing a shaky image like that in a jostled video camera, we perceive a coherent scene. Now researchers have identified what could be the brain circuit responsible for …
Here: https://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0608062103v1
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Last week at the 2006 PSA Meeting, there was a session with Michael Dickson, editor of Philosophy of Science. What he had to say is especially interesting in light of recent controversies on how philosophy journals are run.Here are a few things I remember Michael Dickson saying (paraphrased by me):1. …
The fourth issue of PMS WIPS is out, featuring “The Unreliability of Naive Introspection” by Eric Schwitzgebel, University of California at Riverside. Comments are open on this and previous issues of PMS WIPS. Upcoming issues are scheduled as follows: Nov 15, 2006 – PMS WIPS 005 – Nicholas Maxwell, University …
