At Brains, we have been holding symposia that showcase recent and forthcoming articles in philosophy of mind and cognitive science appearing in open-access journal, Ergo. I am excited to announce that we will now be expanding this to cover articles published in other open-access journals, and we are inviting your recommendations for candidate articles. If you have or know of a mind or cog. sci. article that is recently published or forthcoming in an open-access forum and that you wish to recommend, please contact: aaron.henry@ubc.ca.
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