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CFP: What Is a Computer?
Call for Papers for Minds & Machines’ special issue on What is a computer? GUEST EDITOR István S. N. Berkeley, Ph.D. Philosophy, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette INTRODUCTION Computers have become almost ubiquitous. We find them at our places of work, and even on our persons, in the form …
CFP: Beliefs and Subdoxastic Attitudes
Centre for Philosophical Psychology and European Network for Sensory Research Workshop on beliefs and subdoxastic attitudes, May 31, 2017 Call for papers Confirmed speakers: Lisa Bortolotti (Birmingham) Anna Ichino (Antwerp) L. A. Paul (UNC) Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) There are no parallel sections. Only blinded submissions are accepted. Length: 3000 …
CFP: Visual Science of Art Conference
5th Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC) in Berlin, Germany, 25–27 August 2017 Venue: Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Luisenstrasse 56, Berlin https://www.vsac2017.org/ The Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC) focuses on connecting the communities of visual scientists and artists in order to deepen our understanding of aesthetic phenomena. …
Why the science of consciousness needs philosophy
Alva Noë writes at NPR: To move forward and understand the human mind, or the minds of nonhuman animals […], we need to look outside the brain at the animal’s behavior, that is, at how animals live, what they do, what problems they face, and what the circumstances are in which they …
CFP: The Human Mind Conference
The Human Mind Conference is an international, interdisciplinary event bringing together a wide range of experts from across the humanities and the cognitive sciences to discuss key aspects of mental life and experience. The event will provide a major statement of the current state of knowledge in the study of …
CFP: Minds, Brains, and Consciousness
Proposals are welcome for the Third International Conference on Philosophy of Mind, which will be held at University of Minho, Braga (Portugal), on October 11-12, 2017. The main theme of the Conference is “Minds, Brains and Consciousness”. Graduate students, junior researchers and senior scholars are welcome to submit their work. Keynote speakers: Prof. Andy …