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We’re happy to help publicize the following announcement of the brand-new “Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience” (SPAN)! Please see their info below, and consider applying to the first m...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2024/10/07/announcement-the-society-for-philosophy-and-neuroscience-span.aspx

Harald A. Wiltsche, Department of Philosophy & Applied Ethics, Linköping University, Sweden It is a common perception that phenomenology and the broader “continental” strand in modern philos...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2024/02/26/why-rejecting-objectivism-is-not-enough.aspx

Math teachers use gestures when confronting math problems. For example, a teacher might gesture a geometric shape with their hands, and other teachers might echo this same gesture with their hand...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/08/30/collaborative-gestures-in-embodied-math-learning-games.aspx

Cognitive psychology has undergone a paradigm shift in the ways we understand how knowledge is acquired – away from brain-bound models towards an embodied view. Learning occurs through the bo...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/08/29/movement-matters-how-embodied-cognition-informs-teaching-and-learning.aspx

Hi All, The DSPNW is hosting an exciting event this week at the Pacific APA in Vancouver, “Philosophy and Neuroscience Graduate Student Showcase I”! See the lineup here! Also, the Call for Ab...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/04/11/deep-south-philosophy-of-neuroscience-workgroup-apa-event-and-call-for-abstract.aspx

See the below announcement for an exciting author-meets-critics section at the Central APA this week, organized by the Deep South Philosophy of Neuroscience Workgroup!

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/02/21/dspnw-at-the-central-apa-this-week.aspx

Cite your sources and give them credit–it’s easier said than done. On one hand, it’s easy to encounter philosophy papers that fail to cite enough sources. It’s easier to cite the usual su...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/02/01/whom-should-you-cite.aspx

Although writing book reviews is not going to get anyone an academic job or promotion, book reviews provide a service to the community and can be worth the effort, particularly if you want to rea...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/01/31/how-to-write-a-philosophy-book-review.aspx

You have surely heard about cultural differences in reasoning, how people can fabricate reasons when asked to explain one of their decisions, and how many people seem systematically susceptible t...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/01/14/richard-nisbett-thinking-a-memoir.aspx

Italian Association of Cognitive Science (AISC) midterm conference 2022 June 22-24, 2022 – University of Parma  Overview The 2022 Italian Association of Cognitive Science (AISC) midterm Confer...

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2022/01/12/call-for-papers-the-affective-turn-in-cognitive-science.aspx