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Archiv des Autors: saschabenjaminfink
ZEIT-Rezension zu Pauls „Was wir nicht wissen können…“
Sehr nette Besprechung der ZEIT vom 25. Juni 2020 zur deutschen Reclam-Ausgabe von Laurie Pauls „What you can’t expect when you’re expecting“. Elisabeth von Thadden schreibt: „Die Philosophin, die selbst Mutter ist und der Rationalität viel abgewinnt, gibt der Kinderfrage bei allem Ernst etwas Leichtes zurück. Das qualifiziert ihr kleines Buch zur Sommerlektüre, und der luzide Kommentar des Herausgebers Sascha Fink hilft den philosophischen Laien über alle Untiefender Theorie leicht hinweg.“ Das freut mich!

Welcoming two new PhDs
I am very proud and happy to supervise two prospective PhDs (C. Caporuscio & A. Kind) in the RTG „Extrospection“, both working in philosophy of psychiatry.
Article on Sars-Covid-19
The Swiss Portal of Philosophy has published my article on theoretical inquiries in the times of Sars-Covid-19.
DRAFT: Müller-Lyer Illusion in the periphery
Talk@Melbourne (canceled)
I will be giving a talk at Melbourne on the 28th of March, with a tutorial beforehand. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19!
Talk@Monash (canceled)
I will be talking about phenomenal structuralism and the NCC at Monash on the 3rd of April. CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19.
The Neural Correlates of Consciousness – 20 years on
The science of consciousness has tremendously progressed since then, but the search for the neural correlates of consciousness has remained at the core of this endeavour. Time to celebrate this progress, to take stock, and to raise new issues.
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (http://philosophymindscience.org) will publish a special topic issue celebrating the 20th anniversary of an interdisciplinary approach to neural correlates of consciousness. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences covers the intersection of philosophy and the empirical sciences of the mind. It is an independent, fully cost-free, open-access journal with an international editorial advisory board of high-impact researchers.
Currently, the following contributors have voiced their support for this special issue: Bernard Baars, David Chalmers, Axel Cleeremans, John-Dylan Haynes, Jakob Hohwy, Steve Fleming, Karl Friston, Peter König, Hakwan Lau, Holger Lyre, Tomáš Marvan, Thomas Metzinger, Albert Newen, Morten Overgaard, Michael Pauen, Michal Polák, Tobias Schlicht, Wolf Singer, Kai Vogeley.
We invite empirical, conceptual, methodological and philosophical contributions on any aspect of the neural correlates of consciousness. All submissions must discuss, address, and focus on the neural correlates of consciousness and all submissions will go through double-blind peer review.
Deadline for submissions will be 1st of April 2020, with the aim to publish the volume in full at the beginning of the last quarter of 2020. Please email Sascha Benjamin Fink (sfink@ovgu.de) for inquiries. For more information
Salzburg & Zürich
I will speak at the symposium in honour of Georg Meggle on Peter Singer’s Darwinian Left and at the psychiatric campus at the University of Zürich on ego dissolutions.
Talk @ LIN (Magdeburg)
Press Announcement here: 3. Juli 2019.