Experimental Philosophy War
Since Slate published an article on so called “experimental philosophy,” the debate on it has escalated in the blogosphere. Good ways into the discussion are here and here. Hopefully I’ll post something on it soon.
Cognition and the Brain
A. Brook and K. Akins, eds., Cognition and the Brain: The Philosophy and Neuroscience Movement, Cambridge, CUP, 2005.A collection of articles by a group of good philosophers of neuroscience, on a wide range of topics (theory in neuroscience, representation, “visuomotor transformation,” color, consciousness). Should be of interest to most philosophers …
Philosophy Journals
Several people asked me what the good philosophy journals are. I can’t say about all areas of philosophy, but I have compiled an informal and provisional ranking based on Leiter’s ranking plus commentaries that were posted on his website in the past. It contains journals that publish in philosophy of …
More on the Philosophy Job Market
In a previous post, I wrote some observations on the philosophy job market. I wish to thank the many people who posted insightful comments (some of them here) and questions. A few clarifications might help. As I said before, these are rough generalizations. Every department is different, every committee is …
More on the Italian Miracle
In a recent post, I commented on the recent hire of a foreign candidate for a philosophy job at the University of Parma, Italy. The hire of a foreigner, without “connections,” in Italian academia is almost unheard of.I just discovered that the search committee was chaired by Tito Magri, of …
CFP: Models and Simulations
Below is a call for papers for a conference on computer simulations. Although philosophers of mind have talked a lot about computer simulations (Turing test, anyone?), in my opinion they are very far from having reached the bottom on this important topic. I have written some of my opinions on …
Science and Common Sense
Scott Sehon, Teleological Realism: Mind, Agency, and Explanation, MIT Press, 2005.Based on this review by Sarah Worley, Sehon’s book appears to be one of the latest installments in anti-naturalist philosophy of mind.From Kant to McDowell and beyond, there is a long tradition of philosophers who maintain that the mind as …