Wednesday, May 13, 2009

9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science 2009

http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/news/conferences/2009/ASCS2009/index.php

The 9th conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science will be held at Macquarie University, Sydney on Wednesday 30 September to Friday 2 October 2009.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES ON FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 2009
Abstract Submission
Keynote Speakers:

Stephen Crain, Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University
Jakob Hohwy, Philosophy, Monash University
Jason Mattingley, Psychology & Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Thomas Metzinger, Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz; & Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin, Germany
Barbara Tversky, Psychology, Stanford University; & Columbia University, USA
The Australasian Society for Cognitive Science has held conferences roughly every two years since the inaugural event at the University of NSW in 1990. The 9th conference will be hosted by the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS).

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Symposium: Student poster presentations for ASSC 13 and TSC 2009




陽明大學心智哲學研究所研究生投稿國際會議,共8篇論文被接受,擬出席會議並發表論文;並舉行行前論文發表會,歡迎各界參加指教!

時間: 5/19/2009 (二) 1pm-4pm
地點:陽明大學人社教育中心會議室

ASSC 13 共三篇:

簡芃, “The Dilemma of Inverted Spectrum Thought Experiment.”
  
林佳樺, “Asyncronic comparison of qualia”
   
楊元傑, “Is the Revival of Mind-body Identity Theory Possible?”

Tucson共五篇:

簡芃, “A Non-reductive Approach to the Problem of Mental Causation.”
  
楊元傑, “Troubles with Reductionism: can we reduce consciousness? ”
   
林佳樺, “Qualia are time bound.”
   
劉乃嘉 , "Can a materialist accept “what is it like to be a bat”?“
   
林映彤, "Access-consciousness without phenomenal-consciousness and blindsight"



論文發表會議程:

13:00 開幕

13:10 簡芃 Peng Chien
The Dilemma of Inverted Spectrum
Thought Experiment

13:40 林映彤 Yingtung Lin
Access-consciousness Without
Phenomenal-consciousness and
Blindsight

14:10 劉乃嘉 Nai-jia Liu
Can a materialist accept “what is it
like to be a bat”?

14:40 中場休息

15:00 林佳樺 Chiahua Lin
How is the asyncronic comparison of
qualia possible?

15:30 楊元傑 Jack Yang
Is the Revival of Mind-body
Identity Theory Plausible?

16:00 閉幕

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

「夢痕」紀錄片放映與座談


(PS:點圖可以放大)

與談人:陳一芸(「夢痕」的導演)
時間:2009/05/08,19:30-21:30
地點:陽明大學/人文與社會教育中心/階梯教室
相關資訊:解.構(與談人的部落格)
     公視之紀錄觀點資料庫:夢痕

歡迎參加喔~~

Experimental Philosophy Graduate Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Experimental Philosophy Graduate Conference
Keynote Speaker: Stephen Stich (Rutgers)
Friday, October 2, 2009
Submission Deadline: August 15, 2009.

We invite submissions of high quality papers from graduate students and young professionals that apply experimental methods to any philosophically relevant topics. While special consideration will be given to papers in epistemology, articles in any area of experimental philosophy are encouraged. We also welcome critical discussions of experimental philosophy. Papers should not exceed 4000 words in length and be prepared for blind refereeing.

Submission Guidelines: Please send the following to BuffaloEERG@gmail.com as separate documents in .doc or .pdf format:

(1) A cover letter containing the following information: author’s name, title of paper, institutional affiliation, contact information, word count, and an abstract of no more than 150 words.
(2) The paper itself (with no identifying information).

Following the conference all speakers are invited to attend the subsequent Experimental Epistemology Workshop on October 3, 2009, with host speaker James Beebe (Buffalo), and invited speakers Michael Bishop (Florida State), Ram Neta (UNC), Shaun Nichols (Arizona) and Jonathan Weinberg (Indiana).

Please also see our website http://eerg.buffalo.edu/ for more information.

LINK TO WORKSHOP FLIER
http://www.eerg.buffalo.edu/EEW.pdf

LINK TO CFP:
http://www.eerg.buffalo.edu/XPhi_Grad_CFP.pdf