Human Echolocation
Nothing entirely new but the most convincing case I’ve seen of someonewho can “see” with echolocation. The question for phil mind of courseis whether he has some information about what it is like to be a bat.
SSPP Conference 2007: Submit a Paper!
Just a quick post to encourage people to submit papers to the SSPP conference, April 5-7th 2007, in Atlanta (deadline Nov. 15th). Everyone knows how good the SPP conference is, but I think folks are less aware of the recent rejuvenation of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology.
More Questioning of Philosophy Journals
There is a new and interesting thread at Leiter Reports on for profit vs. online philosophy journals.
Brains Stats and an Invitation
Since Brains became a group blog about a month ago, the readership has grown from an average of 85 unique visitors per day (of which about 30 were returning visitors) to a current average of 125 unique visitors per day (of which about 45 are returning visitors).Brains is open to new contributors. If …
ECAP’07
European Computing and Philosophy (ECAP) ConferenceUniversity of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 21-23, 2007Program Chair: Philip BreyLocal organisation: Katinka Waelbers, k.waelbers@utwente.nl<mailto:k.waelbers@utwente.nl>More information
Signs of Consciousness in Vegetative Patients?
I was interviewed for a column appearing in today’s Wall Street Journal on an intriguing case of possible conscious states in a vegetative patient (“There May Be More To a Vegetative State Than Science Thought” by Sharon Begley). In the case in question, scientists recorded brain activity in a vegetative …
The Expert Mind
Jeff Dauer showed me this Scientific American article (by Philip Ross) on the cognitive psychology of expertise. An easy, fun, and rewarding read. Bottom line: work hard at it for about 10 years, and you’ll master it.