Shaun Gallagher known primarily for his work on embodiment and phenomenology is extending (pardon the gratuitous use of this term) his thinking to include the social dimension in a forthcoming talk in Montreal. (Friday, February 18th 2011, from 3 p.m. at UQAM, room DS-1950 – Métro Berri-UQAM, pavillon De Sève). The abstract posted: I argue…
Here’s a fascinating article via a Prague-based (Charles University) neuroscientist and psychologist correspondent of mine Petr Bob. The article of course presupposes familiarity with Kafka’s writings and diaries. Here’s an excerpt from the article – the full article is freely available: What relevance do the neurobiological studies have to Kafka’s writings? Kafka deliberately scheduled his…
Check out the papers made available in advance of Richard Brown’s wonderful Consciousness Online project. Once again, a pretty impressive lineup.
One can’t help but marvel at eclectic breadth and the prolific output of Nicholas Rescher. Now in his 83rd year, there are no signs of this phenomenon slowing down. I first met Nick at the Bradley Society conference held at Harris Manchester College, Oxford in about 1998. Unlike so many other stars of a younger…
I’m very much looking forward to this Monist collection on Robert Musil edited by Bence Nanay. It’s about time Musil got the mainstream philosophical recognition he so deserves. Bravo Bence! Needless to say that with my moniker I’m a great fan of Musil. Here is an extract from Musil’s Man Without Qualities. And if ever…
A fascinating talk by (ontology kingpin) Barry Smith entitled “John Searle and Hernando de Soto: The Mystery of Capital and the Construction of Social Reality.“
Check out this recent(ish) paper by Andy Clark in Mind Vol. 118 . 472 . October 2009 Is consciousness all in the head, or might the minimal physical substrate for some forms of conscious experience include the goings on in the (rest of the) body and the world? Such a view might be dubbed (by analogy with…
Here is the wonderfully lucid and often provocative Maggie Boden being interviewed. Check out her monumental Mind as Machine. Few, if any, are better placed to offer such a wide perspective of this wildly exciting field.
Here’s the penultimate draft of the aforementioned paper by Julian Kiverstein and Mirko Farina: Abstract: Like many other studies, this paper focuses on the ways in which the functional isomorphism between neural and extra-neural features can provide the means to meet the criteria for cognitive extension. However, unlike these other studies, this paper acknowledges the…
The latest issue of EPISTEME is now available – based upon last year’s Edinburgh conference.
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