Doubting Darwin: Debate Over The Mind's Evolution

Doubting Darwin: Debate Over The Mind's Evolution

by Jon Hamilton

From NPR

A century and a half after Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution, some still doubt its ability to explain the emergence of human beings and other forms of life.

These days, some Darwin skeptics are focusing on the human brain. They say a higher power must be involved; otherwise, how could a bunch of cells produce such complicated mental processes as consciousness or subjective experiences? How could something like free will be the result of evolution?

More on http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100867217

[活動] 不該被遺忘的歷史 重回二二八事件引爆點

不該被遺忘的歷史
讓我們一起重回歷史現場
以電影還原歷史



日期: 2009年2月27日
時間: 19:00~21:00
地點: 天馬茶坊舊址
近南京西路延平北路口(南京西路183號)

影片: 傷痕二二八

http://proudorange.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post_21.html

[活動] 看天馬茶坊 看二二八

從電影 回到二二八
從這裡 了解台灣

日期: 2009年2月27日
時間: 中午12:00
地點: 陽明大學 學生餐廳
影片: 天馬茶坊




導演：
林正盛【春花夢露】、【美麗在唱歌】
演員：
林 強、蕭淑慎、戴立忍
龍劭華、陳明章、陳淑芳
鍾佳珍、鈕承澤

青頻果有限公司 製作
一部充滿對台灣憐愛與深刻人性的電影

台灣，曾是個青翠蒼鬱的婆娑之島；台北，原是片荒煙蔓草，沼澤叢生之地；大稻埕，日據時代是”台灣人”的代名詞；『天馬茶房』，是大稻埕一家以前衛﹐文藝人士聚集及相親聞名的咖啡廳。

這家高尚昂貴的咖啡廳有間密室，常常有另一批人進進出出，這些作曲作詞家、新劇劇團的導演和演員，都時常聚集在名辯士詹天馬開設的『天馬茶房』密室，暢談自己的抱負，共同關心當時的政局，偷偷打探祖國的情形；這群身處日本殖民政府統治下、身受思想箝制之苦的青年，藉歌曲和戲劇抒發情感，就像法國塞納河畔的” 左岸咖啡館”經常可以看到畢卡索等藝術家流連忘返、高談闊論，天馬茶房也蘊釀出周添旺、李臨秋、陳達儒等音樂家。

日治時代的台語歌曲僅僅存活了八年，這些充滿著期待與羨慕的歌曲，巧妙的傳達他們對愛情、對祖國摯熱的渴望。『天馬茶房』是他們心靈的過棧，也像一只放大鏡，清晰的反應二二八事件前台灣人的夢與理想，是個不該被遺忘的咖啡館。本劇藉歌曲創作讓他們有機會感受到過去台灣曾擁有的優質文化置身五十年前二二八事件前夕大稻埕的氛圍中，深刻體驗那個動亂悲劇的時代背景﹐觸及當時那些人的心靈世界，進而產生同情及諒解﹐寬恕與包容。

五十年前，這個島上的青年不管他們的青春夢、自由夢、戀愛夢多麼的虛微渺茫;五十年來，台灣海峽黑水溝的暖流依然如期的更換，台灣人的靈魂依然熱情澎湃。《天馬茶房》寫出五十年前的臺灣夢，也唱出他們心中的《幸福進行曲》。

http://proudorange.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post_7302.html

NIPS International Workshop for Scientific Study of Consciousness

今年9月在日本有一個意識的workshop喔！
Ned Block將會應邀演講！！
會議的投稿截止日是今年的7/15，大家努力準備投稿吧！

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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP "SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS"
website: http://www.nips.ac.jp/~myoshi/workshop2009/
Date: September 19th-20th, 2009 (at Okazaki Conference Center, Aichi, Japan http://www.orion.ac.jp/occ-e/)

Organizers: Masatoshi Yoshida, Nao Tsuchiya (naotsu@gmail.com)
Registration opens on Mar 1, Abstract submission for poster
presentation starts on Mar 1 and closes on July 15.

(all the presentations will given be in English)
Tentative themes:
1) Time and consciousness
2) Electrophysiological approach towards consciousness
3) Reliability of subjective reports on phenomenology
4) Consciousness vs. Attention
5) The role of thalamus in consciousness

Confirmed speakers:
Ralph Adolphs (Caltech)
Ned Block (NYU)
Olivia Carter (U of Melbourne)
Ryota Kanai (UCL)
Christof Koch (Caltech)
Petra Stoerig (Heinrich-Heine-University)
Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Caltech)
Melanie Wilke (Caltech, NIMH)
Masatoshi Yoshida (NIPS)

新空間啟用PARTY!!

下周三(2/25)中午是人社院的新空間啟用party!
由心哲所學會和人社院學生會舉辦，邀請所有院的成員參加！
邀請大家來享受餐點、紅酒和美麗的新空間！

會幫大家準備餐點和紅酒，也歡迎大家帶食物和酒來分享！
如果你有意願帶酒和食物來，請在本周六前和Emma聯絡！

另外，milk+也請記得帶照相機來拍照喔！

開學囉！

2/23是開學日！
提醒大家，開學後的兩周是選課期間，
大家記得選完課將選課單給王老師簽名後交給Bella！

這學期的課請看所的網頁：
http://www.ym.edu.tw/phil/courses_09_spring.html

心智哲學研究所 Winter 2009 Seminars

心智哲學研究所 Winter 2009 Seminars 成員招募中！
歡迎有興趣參加讀書會者，寫信給心哲所學會gsapmc@gmail.com報名參加！

Naming & Necessity Study Group
時間：1/29(四)、2/5(四)、2/13(五)、2/20(五) 9:30-12:30
地點：心哲所會議室 (校園地圖：http://www.ym.edu.tw/map.html 第二教學大樓2F)
閱讀材料：Saul Kripke, Naming and Necessity.
詳細的schedule & 報告次序請見所學會行事曆。

讀書會介紹：
有道是讀經宜冬，'09冬季陽明心哲所讀書會今年所選書籍正是哲學著作中的經典之一：Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity.美國哲學家Saul Kripke從'60年代便在邏輯、形上學、知識論、語言哲學和集合論等領域發揮影響力，目前為Princeton University榮譽退休教授。Naming and Necessity 是Kripke於1970在普林斯頓三場演講的文稿；這份針對語言的劃時代文稿日後更重啟哲學界對形上學討論的重視。為了銜接下學期的形上學課程與補強語言哲學，我們籌辦Naming and Necessity讀書會，並搭配語言哲學的入門介紹與專文進行討論。

讀書會將以成員輪流報告並帶領討論的方式進行，歡迎對哲學有興趣的各方人士參加。



語言哲學討論會+投稿俱樂部
時間：1/20(二)起，每周二 10:00-12:00
地點：心哲所會議室 (校園地圖：http://www.ym.edu.tw/map.html 第二教學大樓2F)
閱讀材料：語言哲學討論會的閱讀材料將配合Naming & Necessity Study Group，於每次讀書會前一周公布。
詳細的schedule & 報告次序請見所學會行事曆。

Seminar成員：心哲所學生 & 有興趣參加讀書會的任何人！

Brain imaging questioned

Nature Podcast

Brain imaging questioned (http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/index-2009-01-22.html)

fMRI signals may sometimes show up in anticipation of neural events, rather than at the same time.

• Research paper: Sirotin & Das
• News & Views article

四千雅房出租唷~~

噹噹 噹噹～～

如果有來過我們這邊就知道，後面那間小雅房要出租囉

一個月四千塊 一次付兩個月

格局、大小：三房一廳一廚房的格局，房間大小約四坪

房間配備：木床、書桌椅、衣櫥、書櫃

廚房配備：電鍋、烤箱、料理鍋和各類鍋碗瓢盆咖啡杯、熱水器

水電網路：四人分（ADSL網路），沒有獨立電錶

客廳：客廳佈置招待朋友的好處所，歡迎帶朋友聊天閒坐

聯絡人：陳先生 0958578056

三月開始入住。

如果你們有想要住的，或者有認識的未來學弟妹想要住的，趕快來喔 ～～～

PhilPapers

"PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online philosophy articlesand books by academic philosophers. We monitor journals in many areasof philosophy, as well as archives and personal pages. We also acceptarticles directly from users, who can provide links or upload copies.Some features require that you sign in first, but creating an accountis easy and free."

http://philpapers.org/

NYU philosophy events wiki

A new wiki has been created for keeping track of New York and surrounding area philosophy-related events:

http://nycphilosophy.pbwiki.com/

Consciousness online: The Cyber Consciousness Conference PROGRAM FINALIZED

Program

Invited Talk:

David Rosenthal, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Title: Consciousness and Its Function

Contributed Sessions

1. Derek Ball, University of St. Andrews (Arche)

The New New Mysterianism

2. Katalin Balog, Yale University

In Defense of the Phenomenal Concept Strategy

Commentators: Istvan Aranyosi, Bilkent University -Ankara, Turkey

Esa Diaz-Leon, University of Manitoba -Winnipeg, Canada

3. Clare Batty, University of Kentucky

Scents and Sensibilia

4. Dave Beisecker, University of Nevada -Las Vegas

Zombies and the Phenomenal Concept Strategy

5. Richard Brown, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

Turning the Tables on Dualism

Commentators: Robert J. Howell, Southern Methodist University

6. Matthew Ivanowich, The University of Western Ontario

A Moderate Representationalism

Commentator: Amy Kind, Claremont McKenna College

7. Barbara Montero, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Russellian Physicalism

Commentators: Daniel Stoljar, Australian National University

Emmett Holman, George Mason University

8. Gualtiero Piccinini, University of Missouri - St. Louis

First-Person Data, Publicity, and Self-Measurement

Commentators: Eric Schwitzgebel, University of California -Riverside

Jordan Dodd, Syracuse University

9. Justin M. Sytsma, University of Pittsburgh

Folk Psychology and Phenomenal Consciousness

Commentator: Adam J. Arico, University of Arizona

MIND GR¥UP

http://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/philosophie/

MIND GR¥UP
We are a group of young philosophers and scientists with a strong interest in questions concerning the mind, consciousness and cognition. The group – initiated and coordinated by Thomas Metzinger – consists of young researchers from various disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience. The basic idea of this group is to create a platform for people with one systematic focus in philosophy (typically analytical philosophy of mind or ethics) and another one in empirical research (typically neuro- or cognitive neuroscience). Our aim is to build a network, and to integrate these different approaches to foster the development of advanced theories of the mind which incorporate most recent empirical findings as well as sophisticated conceptual work. Thus, one major purpose of the group is to help bridging the gap between sciences and humanities. At least twice a year the group meetings take place at the FIAS in Frankfurt with public lectures of well-known cognitive scientists.