Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
Uriah Kriegel: Experiential Origins of Intentionality
ABSTRACT Several recent authors - Loar, McGinn, Strawson, and Horgan, among others - have argued that the intentionality proper to conscious experience is somehow prior to, and grounds, other forms of intentionality. Here as elsewhere in philosophy, however, it is not always clear what is meant by "priority" and "grounding." Although the kind of priority [...]
Frederique de Vignemont: Bodily Immunity to Error
ABSTRACT Dr. de Vignemont’s lecture considers the question ‘Are bodily self-ascriptions immune to error through misidentification?’ According to the classic view, one cannot be mistaken about whose body part it is when experiencing them on the basis of body senses. De Vignemont considers two putative objections to this ‘bodily immunity.’ SPEAKER PROFILE Frederique de Vignemont [...]
Patricia Churchland: Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality
ABSTRACT In her talk, renowned philosopher Churchland speaks about how the evolution of the mammalian brain led to the expansion from ‘me’ to ‘me-and-mine’ – the very heart of morality. Learn about ‘caring circuitry’ in the brain, and how the brain molecule oxytocin is at the hub of the intricate neural adaptations sustaining our society. [...]