Ruth Millikan, University of ConnecticutKarl Popper spoke truly of the unique and transformative human capacity to “let our hypotheses die in our stead.” Though not his intention, Herbert Terrace has recently presented us with evidence suggesting that a more basic capacity on which this capacity rests is also unique to …
If offered ten more years to think about these matters with someone, give me Nick Shea. (And let me very strongly urge Nick’s recent book Concepts at the Interface!! (Oxford University Press. Open Access 2024) [“Unicepts at the interface’??] I am ashamed how little I now know of contemporary developments …
Nick Shea, Institute of Philosophy, University of London I was delighted to be asked to write a commentary on the first of Ruth Millikan’s Brains Blog posts on her oeuvre. Having made important and influential contributions to many areas of philosophy of mind and language, I am especially pleased that …
Unicepts Ruth Millikan, University of Connecticut Proposed in Beyond Concepts; Unicepts, Language and Natural Information (Millikan 2017, Oxford UP) is that many of the roles traditionally thought of as played by concepts are played instead by “unicepts.” Supporting this is the claim that most kinds recognized in common life and …
This week on Brains, please join us for a discussion with Ruth Millikan. Millikan’s wide-ranging work has been deeply influential in Philosophy of Mind in the 20th and 21st centuries, and we are thrilled to feature some of her current work this week. We will have two posts from Millikan (Monday …
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Snowdon on Knowing One’s Own Experience By Tony Cheng Paul F. Snowdon passed away unexpectedly in summer 2022. The posts dedicating to our memories of him were written a while ago, and we are pleased that these pieces can finally appear after some delays. Personally, I first met Paul back …
