Job: Postdoc in “Ethics in Neuroscience”
Hi Everyone, please see the exciting postdoct opportunity starting on 2020-01-01 from Charles Rathkopf (PDF document below).
Essay Prize: Neuroscience and Philosophy
Hi Brains! Please consider the exciting essay prize contest hosted by Bence Nanay at the University of Antwerp. Details below. Ninth Annual Essay Prize at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp Topic: Neuroscience and philosophy.Eligibility: The Essay Prize is open to those who received their PhD after May …
John Bickle at MSU Weekly Online Chats
We’re happy to announce our first co-hosted talk! This week we are bringing you John Bickle from the MSU Weekly Chat series, a great lineup of talks put together by John and Antonella Tramacere. You can participate in the live talk and Q&A and/or find the talk on the Brains …
Call for Participation: Survey on Mental Representation
Hi there Brains Blog readers. Please see the call for participation below from Edouard Machery and Luis Favela. Call for Participants: Survey on The Concept of Representation in the Mind Sciences I am Dr. Edouard Machery, Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of …
Host Your Event on Brains!!!
Many in-person events have been canceled. Some have been moved online. However, many of these online events are either not recorded or not posted for asynchronous consumption, limiting their accessibility and impact. Where We Come In For over a decade, the Brains Blog has been dedicated to making scholarly content …
Neural Mechanisms Online 2021 Series!!
The Brains Blog, in partnership with Neural Mechanisms Online, is thrilled to announce the lineup for Neural Mechanism Online 2021! Details and instructions for accessing this fantastic series of talk can be found here. Friday Jan 22 – David Barack Friday Feb 5 – John Bickle Friday Feb 19 – …
Extending epistemic innocence beyond belief
A picture of continuity Some beliefs are epistemically innocent when they are irrational but provide epistemic benefits that would not be available otherwise. We already saw some examples: delusion, confabulation, and optimistically biased beliefs. Here I explain why I apply epistemic innocence to different types of beliefs across clinical and …