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Welcome to the Updated Alpheus. It is time for this web site to get upgraded, both in form and in content. The form of the new site is based on the WordPress blog template and content-wise the shift is from an esoteric-occult Theosophical view towards a more philosophical, skeptical and scientific view. My worldview is in transition from a transcendentalist one to a more scient.
The highest species concept may be that of a. Rational being; however, we shall not be able to name its character because we have no knowledge of. Of rational being, but experience does not offer us this. Are there alien philosophers orbiting some faraway star, opining in bursts of symbolically articulated smells, or parsing distinctions-without-differences via the clasp of neural genitalia? Preci.
Philosophy and psychology related to the hypothesis of extended cognition. Friday, January 31, 2014. Special Issue of Philosophical Psychology on Extended Cognition. Some new directions in EC here. Monday, October 21, 2013. Paul Thagard on the Extended Breath Hypothesis. Consider Otto, a man with severe emphysema resulting from years of. That destroyed the air sacs in his lungs. Friday, October 11, 2013. This is not my view.
Research in my lab focuses on the ways in which our perceptual and cognitive abilities are shaped and constrained by experience. I received my PhD in Psychology from Stanford University. When I am not professing, I enjoy creating.
What can we talk about? October 25, 2013. To know what can be known. Integrating Ethics and Epistemology of Scientific Research. DFG Research Training Group 2073. Homo loquax - Chattering man. A cognitive science blog focusing on language, social cognition, their evolution and anything else that piques my interest. Digitally widens the windows of LEARNING. The Art of Scientific Communication.
Questioning the Normative Claims of Society. Thanks for dropping by Zen and Zeitgeist! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. The deductive capacities of our brains grew out of evolution, an iterative process quite similar to induction.
Please believe me when I say I try. Wednesday, 3 July 2013. Go read the whole thing. Tuesday, 2 July 2013. Zizek on anarchism and its authoritarian elements. Asked about authoritarianism in modern anarchist movements in a 2002 interview conducted by Doug Henwood. Wednesday, 26 June 2013.
The city of Jerusalem, rich in historical and religious significance.
Ldquo;Philosophy is the science which considers truth. This course is an introduction to scientific and philosophical thinking for humanities students - indeed, global humanities students. And, as is typical in both science and philosophy, the course revolves around. Are minds really distinct from bodies? Is there a scientific method? Do Gods exist, and did they create everything? And are they good, and should we obey them? A useful book, a.
A research recently published and highlighted as Study answers Darwinian evolution question.
The Philosophy and Science of Self-Control. The program for the 2017 Philosophy and Science of Self-Control Conference, to be held June 9th-11th, can be found here. Big Questions in Free Will Documentary. Second-Round Philosophy of Self-Control Grant Winners. Elisabeth Pacherie and Myrto .
Edited by Graduate Students in Philosophy. The Journal of Philosophy and Scripture. Is now publishing new issues annually. We are now accepting submissions for the 2011 issue. Submissions are screened by the editorial staff and then submitted for peer review.