ByrdNick, 3 months ago to philosophy

Are #philosophy students’ intuitions about thought experiments different because of expertise?

Longitudinal studies of philosophy and #CogSci students (N = 226) didn't seem to reveal as much: there were some group differences in intuitions, but a selection/indoctrination effect seemed more likely than “a general expertise” or “expertise specific to particular subfields”.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04316-x

#xPhi #expertise #teaching #edu #decisionMaking #ethics #epistemology #language #PhilMind

Pages 11 and 14 showing more sample information and a self-replicated result: philosophy students preferred philosophers' orthodox response to thought experiments about accidentally true belief (a.k.a., Gettier cases).
Pages 17 and 18 showing small or unreliable difference in intuitions about other cases between philosophy and cog. sci. cases.
Pages 38 and 39 showing small differences in confidence between philosophy and cog. sci. students (with lower confidence from the former). Page 39 shows no differences in judgments among students who continued in the study compared to those who dropped out.

Brains, 6 months ago to Neuroscience

🤔 What is memory? A deceivingly simple question!

The #neuroscience often challenges common intuitions about #memory.

Dr. Felipe De Brigard (Duke) shares evidence and new interpretations in our next 3 videos of the "Beginner's Guide To Neural Mechanisms" series:

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2023/11/03/three-videos-about-neuroscience-memory.aspx

#science #cognitiveNeuroscience #CogSci #psychology #imagination #counterfactualThinking #reasoning #PhilMind

juanrloaiza, 7 months ago to philosophy

The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (ISPSM) did an amazing job in putting together this online conference!

Me and other colleagues in Latin America are putting together a symposium showing some work on emotions in the region. It's very exciting, so make sure to come and check out all other talks as well!

https://www.neuralmechanisms.org/ispsm-conference.html

#conference #ispsm #philosophy #philsci #philmind

ByrdNick, 7 months ago to Neuroscience

Great news!

🧠 Brains is now on Mastodon!

URL: fediscience.org/@Brains

Handle: @Brains

Since 2005, the Brains blog has been a leading forum for philosophy and science of mind: philosophyofbrains.com

A decade later we added a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyOfBrains

Our roundtable discussions, book symposia, debates, featured scholars, and other content reaches 1000s of people each week.

Join us!

#neuroscience @neuromatch #cogSci #decisionScience #psychology #Philosophy #PhilMind #PhilSci

ByrdNick, 9 months ago to psychology

Does #curiosity refer to just one thing?

There seem to be two (related) notions:

Curiosity1: goal-directed information seeking — e.g., following a string of citations to find the source of a particular claim.

Curiosity2: exploratory information seeking — e.g., watching whatever explainer video is recommended next, even if it’s about a different question or topic.

Metcalfe & Jacobs: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003009351-6

#Psychology #PhilMind #PhilSci #Measurement #Psychometrics

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