Open MIND – philosophy, cognition and neuroscience
An open access collection of the latest work in philosophy, cognitive science and neuroscience is now available online. Kathinka Evers from the Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics (CRB) is one of the authors.
In her contribution, Kathinka Evers (Link removed) proposes the possibility of being epigenetically proactive. According to her, that means adapting our social structures to benefit, influence and interact with the neuronal architecture of our brains.
The other topics range from the foundations of conscious thought processes to perception, consciousness, and ethics. The Frankfurt-based neurophysiologist Wolf Singer discusses the current status of the search for the neural correlates of consciousness and reviews the methods, including imaging techniques, used in this area of research. Daniel Dennett, one of the leading philosophers of mind, based at Tufts University, explains why consciousness might be an illusion. And Heiko Hecht, an experimental psychologist at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, raises new questions about what exactly constitutes an illusion.
The collection is available online at http://www.open-mind.net to anyone interested. It will also be published as a 2 000-page book.
Press release
This book is published to celebrate the 20th meeting of the MIND group and it's 10th anniversary. Read the press release here
What the editors have to say about the book
"With this collection, we wanted to make a substantial and innovative contribution that will have a major and sustained impact on the international debate on the mind and the brain," says Professor Thomas Metzinger and Dr. Jennifer Windt.
About the MIND group
MIND is a group of young philosophers and scientists with a strong interest in questions concerning the mind, consciousness and cognition. The group is led by Professor Thomas Metzinger.