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Cognitive Neuroscience, Moral Psychology and Psychopathology

Posted in Action Theory, Epistemology, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, General Interest, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Race and Gender, Social Philosophy on August 16, 2008 | No Comments »

Interesting stuff right here.

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Whatever Makes a Person Human Seemed Somehow Missing*

Posted in Ethics, General Interest, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Political Theory, Social Philosophy on August 9, 2008 | No Comments »

JJ at Feminist Philosophers posted a recent case of a child who appears to have had little social contact for the first five or six years of her life. As JJ notes, feral children, while thankfully rare, are interesting to theorists for a variety of reasons. Questions about the nature of language, human capacity for [...]

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In Praise of Academic Effort

Posted in General Interest, Grad School, Philosophy of Psychology, Teaching Philosophy on January 2, 2008 | 13 Comments »

With the Spring semester right around the corner, I thought this article would be appropriate. The article is geared toward teachers and parents, but I think it’s helpful for students to think about what theory of intelligence they hold and how it might affect their academic performance:
Our society worships talent, and many people assume that [...]

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I Feel Your Pain

Posted in General Interest, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Psychology on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Well, no, I don’t. But apparently some people do!
(HT: Philosophy Sucks!)

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Philosophers’ Carnival #53

Posted in Action Theory, Continental Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, General Interest, Late Modern Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Metaphysics, Moral Psychology, News & Notes, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Religion, Race and Gender on September 17, 2007 | 6 Comments »

Class is officially in session for the 53rd Philosophers‘ Carnival!
Since we at the Florida Student Philosophy Blog have recently returned to class, we thought you should too. We would like to thank all those who submitted, and we hope that you find the current selection as engaging as we did. Courses (or posts if you [...]

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Do Ethicists Steal More Books?

Posted in Ethics, Philosophy of Psychology on August 15, 2007 | No Comments »

That’s the question Eric Schwitzgebel (UC-Riverside) wants to answer. Join the discussion here.

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How Well Do We Know Ourselves?

Posted in Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology on July 27, 2007 | Comments Off

Eric Schwitzgebel (UC-Riverside) has an interesting discussion of introspection and self-knowledge at The Splintered Mind. It’s worth a look.

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Studying Morality v. Behaving Morally

Posted in Ethics, Philosophy of Psychology on April 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »

Eric Schwitzgebel (UC-Riverside) and Josh Rust (Stetson) report the latest on their attempts to evaluate the relationship between studying morality and behaving morally. I gather that Eric, at least, is rather suspicious that the former has a particularly positive influence on the latter. Are others inclined to share that sentiment?
- Rico Vitz

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The Checkershadow Illusion

Posted in Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology on January 24, 2007 | No Comments »

Brian Weatherson of Thoughts, Arguments, and Rants has an interesting discussion of the Checkershadow Illusion here. The accompanying Powerpoint presentation is helpful in clarifying the illusion … and it might be a useful tool for those teaching (or attending) classes concerning, e.g., external world skepticism, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, etc.
Josh Gert (FSU) has recently done some [...]

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