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We are thrilled the Declan Smithies will be discussing their The Epistemic Role of Consciousness (Oxford, 2019) with comments from fellow colleagues. You can find all their posts on one page here (as they become available).
Book Symposium: Declan Smithies’ The Epistemic Role of Consciousness (1)
Welcome to the Brains Blog’s Book Symposium series on Declan Smithies’ The Epistemic Role of Consciousness. In this series, seven critics discuss the book with the author. The critics are Kengo Miyazono, Lu Teng, Takuya Niikawa & Yasushi Ogusa, Brie Gertler, Thomas Raleigh, and Tony Cheng. From April 26 to …
Inês Hipólito Will Livestream “Embodied Skillful Performance” On April 30
We are excited about the next Neural Mechanisms webinar this Friday. As always, it is free. You can find information about how and when to join the webinar below or at the Neural Mechanisms website—where you can also join sign up for the mailing list that notifies people about upcoming …
Rational Powers in Action V: Instrumental Virtues
This is my last post in this series; it was great guest-blogging here! My very warm thanks to Nick and Daniel for proving me with this opportunity. And I can’t resist a penultimate attempt to peddle the volume: There is much more in the book than it is covered here,[1] …
Rational Powers in Action IV: Comparisons and Risk
You start your adult life having only one end; namely, singing. Your whole life is dedicated to it. But then, one day you discover the joys of marathon running, and now you have two ends: singing and running marathons. As you go out for your first training run, you realize …
Rational Powers in Action III: Instrumental Rationality and Indeterminate Ends.
Let me start with a bit more detail on the structure of the Extended Theory of Rationality (ETR). Suppose I am intentionally baking a cake. According to ETR, this action is an end that I am pursuing, and thus the principle of instrumental reasoning enjoins me to pursue sufficient means. …
Rational Powers in Action II: Classical Vs Contemporary Conceptions Of Instrumental Rationality
Kant thought there was a single principle of instrumental rationality, the hypothetical imperative, that connected the pursuit (“willing”) of ends and the pursuit of means. My admittedly impressionistic view of the history of philosophy is that Kant was far from unusual on that point; it is taken for granted that …