Today (1 November) is ‘world vegan day’. This is a good moment to reflect on a decision that the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics took almost exactly a year ago. In October 2021, we chose to firmly commit to …
Having more money doesn’t buy you more happiness | Letter
The thing about being poor is not that you can’t be happy – and we were very happy, just the three of us with nothing – but that you are also scared, cold, hungry, uncertain and tired a lot of …
Cognitive Science of Philosophy Symposium: Philosophy of Touch in the Laboratory
Welcome to the Brains Blog’s Symposium series on the Cognitive Science of Philosophy. The aim of the series is to examine the use of diverse methods to generate philosophical insight. Each symposium is comprised of two parts. In the target …
Goddess Lakshmi and Her Penance at Bilvavana
northern bank of the Yamuna exactly opposite from Seva Kunja in Vrindavana, where the rasa-lila took place. Some say that Lakshmi Devi is still engaged in penance at Bilvavana even today, and a very famous festival is held at the …
Seasonal CFPs and Activities in East Asia, Autumn 2022
Takuya Niikawa (Graduate School of Humanities and Faculty of Letters, Kobe University) CFPs * NCCU Philosophical Journal Topical Issue: Knowledge and Action [National Chengchi University is based in Taipei, Taiwan] Submission preliminary deadline: Dec. 31st, 2022 Do beliefs guide actions? …
New Additions to the Brains Blog Editorial Team!!
Zina Ward (Florida State University) will be staying with us as well! We’d like to thank the previous associate editors for their contributions, and we’re excited for this next chapter. Stay tuned for lots of new content in the coming …
The Auspicious Day of Bahulashtami
Courtesy -From Chaurasi-Kosa Vraja Mandal Parikrama Book By Sri Rajashekara DasaSri Bahula Devi Mandir, Bahulavan Therefore this night-time bath at Radha-kunda is called the adiratri-snana (mid-night bath) and it is the only snana or ritual bath in the Vedic calendar that …
Does Moral Ignorance Excuse?
Suppose, first, they weren’t morally ignorant; suppose that Edward Colston or John Hawkins knew that slavery was wrong. Perhaps it’s obvious to any competent adult that slavery is wrong, and they simply ignored what they well knew. Perhaps they were …
Brain Cells, Slime Mould, and Sentience Semantics
One reason that a gardener may be unmoved by the plight of the slime mould is that, for all of its impressive navigational abilities, it is highly doubtful that it has phenomenal consciousness. This is the ability to ‘feel’ things, …
Announcement: National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Now Open For Entries
NATIONAL OXFORD UEHIRO PRIZE IN PRACTICAL ETHICS 2023• All graduate and undergraduate students (full and part-time) currently enrolled at any UK university, in any subject, are invited to enter the National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics by submitting an …