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3. Implicitness and the Self

Spontaneity can give rise to actions that seem “unowned.” Tremble and shake on a glass platform suspended over the Grand Canyon, and you might ask, “I know I’m perfectly safe, so why is my body acting like I’m not?” Have a friend point out to you that when asking questions …

2. Architecture of the Implicit Mind

Michael Brownstein January 29, 2019 January 29, 2019 Michael Brownstein: The Implicit Mind / Philosophy of Mind / Psychology

Part 1 of The Implicit Mind makes the case that “implicit attitudes” are mental states that cause us to act in relatively spontaneous ways, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. I offer an unorthodox description of implicit attitudes, distinguish implicit attitudes from other folk psychological kinds, and show how …

1. The Virtues and Vices of Spontaneity

Michael Brownstein January 28, 2019 January 28, 2019 Michael Brownstein: The Implicit Mind / Philosophy of Science / Psychology

To avoid becoming a victim of violent assault, people are often coached to trust their gut feelings. “Trust your INSTINCTS,” the University of Oklahoma Police Department says, “believe your inner feelings when you get uncomfortable about a person or situation. Respond as soon as you feel uncomfortable!”[1] Gavin De Becker, …

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John Schwenkler January 28, 2019 February 3, 2019 books

We are grateful to Michael Brownstein for blogging this week on on The Implicit Mind: Cognitive Architecture, the Self, and Ethics (Oxford, 2018). To view all his posts on a single page, please click here.

Michael Silberstein Webinar on Explanatory Strategies in the Biological Sciences

Nick Byrd January 21, 2019 January 17, 2019 Explanation / NM Webinar / Philosophy of Science

The Brains blog is excited for the next Neural Mechanisms webinar this Friday. It is free. Find information about how and when to join the webinar here: https://www.neuralmechanisms.org/blog/25-january-michael-siblerstein-webinar-constraints-on-localization-and-decomposition-20 (and below). Constraints on Localization and Decomposition as Explanatory Strategies in the Biological Sciences 2.0 Michael Silberstein (Elizabethtown College) 25 January 2019h 15-17 …