Funniest Philosophy Joke Ever?
Philip Robbins sent me the link and asked the question in the title. You should see it .
Stereo Sue
Oliver Sacks writes about Sue, who (through vision therapy) recovered stereoscopic vision (STEREO SUE., Sacks, Oliver, New Yorker, 0028792X, 6/19/2006, Vol. 82, Issue 18). She had lost it when she was very young, and then recovered it through intensive vision therapy. She was (is) completely thrilled by this. Sacks writes, …
A new blog on the block
Alphapsy, a new blog on psychology, neuropsychology and the evolution of cognition, might be of interest to some readers of Brains.
PMS WIPS 002 is…
…here.
Multiple-choice test on physicalism
Consider the following argument: 1. Eve’s believing that p is realized by having a token of p in her head. 2. Having a token of p in one’s head is realized by some detailed, neural state. So, 3. Eve’s believing that p is realized by some detailed neural state. …
Neuroethics Article
A (nontechnical) review of recent work in neuroethics.
Extended Mind Poll
Is the mind in the head?As someone recently pointed out on this blog, there is a large stream of recent books defending the view that mental states, or processes, or systems, extend beyond the nervous system. It would be interesting to know how many people, or at least how many …