As some of you may know, I am engaged in a long-term campaign against the view that concrete computations (computational states, computing mechanisms) are individuated, even in part, by their semantic properties. Of course, computations may be interpreted, i.e., assigned semantic content, but this is not part of their individuation. …
Culture Dish comments on a fascinating finding by Swiss researchers, published in Nature and reported by the National Geographic. “[A]s a result of focal electrical stimulation of the left temporoparietal junction,” … they induced “[t]he strange sensation that somebody is nearby when no one is actually present”.
2007 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks Orlando, Florida August 12-17, 2007 Celebrating 20 years of Neural Networks! https://www.ijcnn2007.orgImportant Dates:Special Session and Panel Discussion Proposals: November 31, 2006Paper Submission: January 31, 2007Pre-Conference Tutorial and Post-Conference Workshop Proposals: January 31, 2007Decision Notification: March 31, 2007Camera-Ready Submission: April 30, 2007
I just got a kick out of this (though with my usual caveats).
For your information: The Second European Cognitive Science Conference (EuroCogSci07) will be held in Delphi, Greece, May 23-27, 2007. EuroCogSci07 is jointly organized by the Cognitive Science Society and by the Hellenic Cognitive Science Society.Further information, including information about registration fees and accommodation can be found at the conference website: …
PMS WIPS: Philosophy and/of Mind (and/or) Science Works In Progress Sessions PMS WIPS is an online forum for the discussion of works in progress in the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and related areas. Submissions for PMS WIPS will be reviewed by co-editors Brian Keeley (Pitzer College), Pete Mandik (William …
John Heil has been arguing for a while (cf. his book From an Ontological Point of View, OUP, 2003) that an important source of problems in the metaphysics of mind (e.g., about mental causation) is the tacit though widespread endorsement of the following principle [I am simplifying Heil’s formulations a …
