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1w ago
(See all posts in this series here.) I conclude with Chapters 6 and 7 of the book, which apply the theory to reasoning and introspecting consciousness. Investigating these as forms of attending, mental actions, illuminates. Chp. 6 examines deducing a conclusion from the premises that entail it. Given that every ..read more
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2w ago
(See all posts in this series here.) Philosophers have been debating implicit biases for some time. In Chapter 5 of MoM, I argue that automatic attention provides a scrutable type of implicit bias, scrutable because we understand well automatic attention across various domains and the automatic biases that engender it ..read more
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2w ago
(See all posts in this series here.) Intention is a type of memory. I argue that research on working memory reveals the dynamics of intention as embodying the agent’s control in action. This is a new perspective argued for in Chapters 3 and 4 of MoM. Elizabeth Anscombe noted that intentional ..read more
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2w ago
(See all posts in this series here.) In Chapter 2 of MoM and an earlier book (second edition forthcoming), I have defended the selection for action view of attention. A subject attending to target T is the subject mentally selecting T to guide their action. Attention guides behavioral response in ..read more
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2w ago
Hi All, Please join us this week for a series of posts by Wayne Wu, discussing his exciting new book, Movements of the Mind: A Theory of Intention, Attention, and Action. We will have a post each day. Feel free to contribute to the discussion by commenting on the posts ..read more
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1M ago
Philipp Berghofer Department of Philosophy, University of Graz, Austria I’m very grateful to Mahdi Khalili, Andrea Reichenberger, and Harald Wiltsche for engaging so carefully with my work and for raising questions and concerns that have pushed me to refine and develop my position. I’m in the fortunate position to reply ..read more
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1M ago
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 philosophy is characterized by a distant, and at times, even adversarial attitude towards the exact sciences. However, this perception is increasingly being challenged, if ..read more
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1M ago
Mahdi Khalili Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran It is always my pleasure to study Philipp Berghofer’s work. Even when I disagree with him, I appreciate his ability to convey highly intricate subjects in phenomenology, quantum mechanics, and epistemology in easily understandable texts. I also admire his bold positions ..read more
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1M ago
Philipp Berghofer Department of Philosophy, University of Graz, Austria Experiences are our points of contact with the world. They constitute the ineluctable starting point and epistemological foundation of any scientific investigation. More precisely, in my view, they are a source of immediate justification and our ultimate justifiers. But what makes ..read more
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1M ago
Welcome to the Brains Blog’s Symposium on Experience, Phenomenology, and Quantum Mechanics. Despite a long history of discussion in physics and the philosophy of physics, the relationship between experience, phenomenology, and quantum mechanics (QM) has often been hindered by traditional disciplinary boundaries. This theme has not been explored enough in ..read more