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We are thrilled that Peter Langland-Hassan will be sharing and responding to comments about their new book Explaining Imagination (2020, Oxford University Press). You can find everything in one place here (as it becomes available).
Lauren Ross will livestream “Tracers In Neuroscience” on February 19
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 …
Neurorights in Chile: The Philosophical Debate online March 17-19
Announcing the “Neurorights in Chile: The Philosophical Debate” about the Chilean Senate’s Constitutional Reform Bill (Bulletin 13.827-19) and the Neuroprotection Bill of Law (Bulletin 13.828-19) that introduce five key “neurorights”: The Right to Personal Identity, The Right to Free-Will, The Right to Mental Privacy, The Right to Equal Access to …
Reminder: Two Publishing Venues in the Philosophy of Neuroscience
I periodically remind people of a couple of venues for work in the philosophy of neuroscience: The Synthese Topical Collection on Neuroscience and Its Philosophy. The deadline is purely nominal; submissions are processed as they come in and published online shortly after acceptance. To be considered, you need to submit …
Cognitive Science of Philosophy Symposium: Adversarial Collaboration
Welcome to the Brains Blog’s Symposium series on the Cognitive Science of Philosophy! The aim of the series is to examine the use of methods from the cognitive sciences to generate philosophical insight. Each symposium is comprised of two parts. In the target post, a practitioner describes their use of …
John Bickle with livestream “Tinkering in the lab” on Feb 5
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 …
Cognitive Control: Motivating what we do
One of the major shifts in scientists’ thinking about cognitive control in recent years has been the recognition that control is motivated. In other words, we engage cognitive control to plan and guide a task because, at some level, we are motivated to do that task. This simple recognition has …