Rethinking Biological Functions

Mindcraft is a series of opinion posts on current issues in cognitive science by Brains Blog founder Gualtiero Piccinini. Do you agree? Disagree? Please contribute on the discussion board below! If you’d like to write a full-length response, please contact editor Dan Burnston. Rethinking Biological Functions: A Goal-Contribution Approach and Its Systemic Implications Hanzhe …

This Week — An Exchange on Biological Function!

Hi All, This week, we will have a follow-up conversation about the last Mindcraft post by Brains founder Gualtiero Piccinini and Hanzhe Dong. That post will be moved to the top of the blog today for review. Then, Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll have some excellent commentary from Fabian Hundertmark, Jakob …

Neural Mechanisms Online 2025 Webinars

We are pleased to announce our forthcoming events: a book symposium on Nick Shea’s new book on concepts, & the lineup for the 2025 webinar series Book Symposiumjoint initiative with ISPSM (https://www.ispsmind.com/):13 December 2024, 4-7 pm CETConcepts at the Interface (OUP)Nick Shea (London)Discussants:Sara Aronowitz, Chris Hill,  Eric Margolis, Gualtiero  Piccinini, Michael Strevens …

Synthese Special Issue: Daniel Dennett: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Call for PapersThis special issue of Synthese seeks to explore the breadth and depth of Daniel Dennett’s ideas across a range of disciplines, including scientific ontology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and discussions of consciousness and free will This SI celebrates the interdisciplinary nature of his work, …

Announcement: The Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience (SPAN)!

We’re happy to help publicize the following announcement of the brand-new “Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience” (SPAN)! Please see their info below, and consider applying to the first meeting, to be held in St. Louis in 2025! Announcement: The Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience (SPAN) is a new philosophical and …

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