Brains: Philosophy of Neuroscience at ISHPSSB

Brains

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Philosophy of Neuroscience at ISHPSSB

Given that there is no society for the philosophy of neuroscience, I

would like to propose that we try to make ISHPSSB

http://www.ishpssb.org/ (Ishkabibble, among frriends) a temporary home

for the philosophy of neuroscience

largest philosophy of biology organization in the world, and it attracts

a good mix of historians and scientists as well. The meeting this year

is in Exeter, UK. from July 26-30. The conference actively encourages

graduate student participation. Furthermore, the session review

procedure is maximally permissive. This means that we could, if we were

so inclined, get as many philosophy of neuroscience sessions on the

program as we would like. Also, if you decide to propose a session, why

don't you post it here so that we can build on the momentum. The

deadline for submission of a proposal is February 15.

Posted by carl craver at 11/15/2006 11:21 AM

Categories: Conferences

2/15/2007 2:13 AM Brains wrote:
Following up on my suggestion of posting about sessions on the philosophy of neuroscience at the upcoming ISHPSSB, here is some:I will be involved in two sessions dealing with the History and Philosophy of Electrophysiology. Other panelists include: Bill Bechtel, Jim Bogen, Don Goodman, Ken Schaffner, Daniel Sirtes, and Marcel Weber.There will also be a separate discussion group for thinking about directions in the future of the history and philosophy of neuroscience. ...

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11/15/2006 11:54 AM Ken wrote:
This sounds like a very good idea.
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1. 11/15/2006 12:12 PM kenneth aizawa wrote:
  
  But, maybe another possibility would be to align something with SfN. After all, serious philosophers of neuroscience at least try to make SfN anyway. I know they have a vestigial history of neuroscience poster session. But, this is just a bit of microbrainstorming. And, really, the two are not mutually exclusive.
  
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11/16/2006 10:22 PM Mark Tschaepe wrote:
This is a great idea. I have already submitted a paper on the subject, but I would love to see a panel on cultural evolution and neuroscience.
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11/27/2006 2:59 PM Carl wrote:
I agree that it would be good to organize something within SfN. However, there is no current home for philosophy within that organization and the cost to attend the meeting is staggering. ISH is quite welcoming and inexpensive by comparison. Why don't we try to have a workship meeting in Exeter to think about how to move Philosophy of neuroscience forward and whether and how to break into the SfN? Are you in, Ken?

Carl
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1. 11/27/2006 4:18 PM gualtiero piccinini wrote:
  good idea.
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