We are excited about the next Neural Mechanisms webinar this Friday (20th). 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 …
We’re pleased to announce a call for papers for a Synthese Topical Collection* on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Locating Representations in the Brain Guest Editors: Sarah Robins (University of Kansas) and Jessey Wright (Stanford University). The concept of ‘representation’ has become ubiquitous in neuroscience, especially in light of recent advances in …
Submission deadline: March 6, 2020 The Metacognition of Concepts project is inviting submissions for talks or posters on the topic of metacognition for a conference in London on May 12-13, 2020 (Update: Postponed). In recent years the scope of metacognition has expanded. Metacognitive processes seem to be involved in practically …
I’m very pleased to announce our latest Mind & Language symposium on Matthias Michel and Jorge Morales’ forthcoming “Minority Reports: Consciousness and the Prefrontal Cortex.” Our outstanding commentators on the target article include Liz Irvine (Cardiff), Benjamin Kozuch (Alabama), and Michael Pitts with Kevin Ortego (Reed College).
We’re excited to share the 2020 Neural Mechanisms webinar series. The amazing line-up is in this post. Many thanks to Marco Viola and Fabrizio Calzavarini for organizing the Neural Mechanism events and to all of the commentators that make these webinars possible!
The Tulane University Philosophy Department is hiring a Professor of Practice in the area of Asian Philosophy/Buddhism, with an AOC in the Philosophy of Mind. Professors of practice are non-tenure track but continuing positions with full benefits, and with opportunities for long-term employment and increases in compensation. Professors of practice …
In the previous post, I showed how the self-structure could be specified. The self has also some properties, e.g., phenomenal, social, and ethical ones, that are capable of being specified in structural terms. Let us begin with phenomenal aspects, which amount to the capacity to have consciousness and intentional states. …
