1st 2 chapters of my book still free from Oxford UP. The book is expensive so if you know someone who would be interested in an emiprical-philosophical account of agency, attention and their relation, point them to the free download (soon gone). Please repost: academic.oup.com/book/46088?s...
Does attention gates consciousness? Come to discussion in 20 minutes links below. Some great work. I will critically discuss. Neural Mechanisms Online (website) Friday 22 March 2024 Webinar h16-18 CET / h15-17 GMT (check your local time here) Join at: unito.webex.com/unito-en/j.p...
Um, the ENTIRE book seems to be available for free right now. This is my book, Movements of the Mind, a theory of agency, attention and intention. academic.oup.com/book/46088?s...philosophyofbrains.com/2024/03/11/w... to discuss
Abstract. Movements of the Mind explains what it is to be an agent. Focusing on mental agency, the book’s eponymous topic, it investigates an agent’s doing thin
Hard to feel that this matters much given what's happening in the world...but if you need a break and want to hear about the nature of agency and mental action I'll be blogging about my book at brainsblog next Monday (chp 1 will be available). philosophyofbrains.comacademic.oup.com/book/46088?s...
I've helped organize the following event with Jackie Gottlieb from Columbia and Raphael Rosenberg, an art historian from Uni Wien at the Italian Academy at Columbia. Please come if you can! Do register (we need a head count)! italianacademy.columbia.edu/events/atten...
Any suggestions for a gentle introduction to the biology of habits and of addiction? Accessible, with some guideance, to undergraduates with little biology.
Lots of great books available at OUPPhilosophy at a substantial discount. Want to understand what agency is, the role of attention, intention and memory and how the mind moves, tied to the neurobiology? Apply 40% discount EXAPAE24 to this book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Thanks for noticing the rooms issue. Just booked. Not a lot of "cheap" rooms left.
Those who find the TiCS article, “We know what attention is!” compelling might look at how the central idea helps explain what it is to be an agent, to have an intention, and working memory as attention among other topics. Sorry no free access :( academic.oup.com/book/46088?s...
Let's get rid of confusion by a common anchor (or shall I say...conception?). Our experimental methodology does this for us as common paradigms converge on the same functional conception of attention. If we start there, we all start in the same place. And, we're already there.
