The Brains Blog is thrilled to feature Gualtiero Piccinini this week, focusing on their new book, Neurocognitive Mechanisms: Explaining Biological Cognition (Oxford). Gualtiero is, of course, the original founder of the Brains Blog! So we welcome Gualtiero back for a triumphant homecoming. You can find each post in one place here (as they become available).
Gopal then went on to sketch an argument that the use of the waiver is itself justified in these terms as an exercise of autonomy, in that the subject themself is shaping through their own choice (itself perhaps informed in…
Lessons for Devotees and Non-Devotees When Lord Brahma reached the Valley of Mandarachala Mountain, Hiranyakahipu was not to be seen. Without fat, flesh and blood he was buried in an anthill; his life air circulating in his bones. Lord Brahma expressed amazement…
By Duncan Pritchard My paper is essentially an exercise in philosophical cartography (or philosophical hygienics, depending on your point of view). That is, I am trying to chart out the conceptual space in a particular area and in the process…
“I am not as pleased by sacrifice or charity as I am by observance of complete fasting on Ekadasi. One should therefore fast on Ekadasi to the best of one’s ability on this day of Lord Hari. “O lion among…
AMANDA**: Amanda joins the queue for coffee. While progressing in the queue, she draws out her phone and checks a number of apps. Her social media feed has specifically selected ads concerning green smoothies, and plant-based protein bars. When she…
I will wrap up by saying how this relates to Frege’s puzzle. Very crudely and predictably, part of the idea is to argue that puzzles of this sort are really symptomatic of some very basic dysfunction in the operation of…
