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Patrick Suppes, Philosophy Department, "Brain and Mind: A Revised Agenda for the Philosophy of Mind"
ABSTRACT:
This lecture will concentrate on three main topics that use results as
much from brain studies as from philosophical reflections on the nature of
the mind. First, the focus will be on the many computations the brain
continually makes in perception and cognition, most of which we are mainly
unaware of. Second, in considering representations, I will mainly focus
on language, and contrast typical concepts of mental representation with
actual data on brain representation of the constituents of language.
Third, I will focus on consciousness, with analysis of both how it is
useful and how it is limited in perceiving, thinking and feeling.
BIO:
Patrick Suppes is the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus. In
his five decades at Stanford, he has done work on psychology, the brain,
measurement theory, probability and methodology, the foundations of
physics, language and logic, and computers and education. He has held
appointments by courtesy in Statistics, Psychology, and the School of
Education. He also serves as the director of the Education Program for
Gifted Youth at Stanford University.