Pacific APA Group Meeting

Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Workgroup

Philosophy and Neuroscience Graduate Student Showcase I

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 6:00-8:00 PDT

Session G1B

Room TBA

Nedah Nemati, University of Pittsburgh, History and Philosophy of Science NNN10@pitt.edu  

“What are we ‘reading’ in mindreading? On the ethics and limitations of brain decoding”

Richard Vagnino, University of California, San Diego, Department of Philosophy rvagnino@ucsd.edu

“Leyden jars and magic squares: Analogy use in early electrophysiology”

Spencer Kinsey, Georgia State University, Department of Philosophy skinsey8@student.gsu.edu   

“Vehicle realism and the Hopfieldian revolution in neuroscience”

Commentators:

  • James Woodward, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History and Philosophy of Science jfw@pitt.edu
  • Lauren Ross, Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine rossl@uci.edu

Philosophy and Neuroscience Graduate Student Showcase II

Thursday, April 14, 8:00-10:00PM PDT [Yes. Really.]

Session G6A

Meeting Room TBA

Jaipreet Mattu, University of Western Ontario Philosophy jaipreetmattu@gmail.com

“Construct validity and the head-twitch response (HTR) as a measure of hallucinogenic activity in mouse models of serotonergic psychedelics”

Andrew Bollhagen, University of California, San Diego, Philosophy abollhag@ucsd.edu

“Explaining activities in molecular motors”

Commentators:

  • Lauren Ross, University of California, Irvine Logic and Philosophy of Science rossl@uci.edu
  • Megan Delehanty, University of Calgary Philosophy mdelehan@ucalgary.ca

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