João Fonseca is a Post-doc researcher at Institute for the Philosophy of Language (IFL) holding a grant from the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation.
His main research interest is Philosophy of Neuroscience. He has been developing a taxonomical model framework for Behaviour Neuroscience. He has also been interested in topics such as: the critical assessment to the mainstream Neuro-behavior explanation of fear-conditioning, the quest for the evolutionary origins of self and consciousness and the links between Phenomenology and Neuroscience.
Selected Publications:
- (With Klaus Gartner)“The Relativity of the Identity of the Self”, in The Reasoner, vol. 3, number 9, 8-9, September 2009.
-“On the non-elimination of mental states by adopting a ruthless-reductive stance” in Proceedings of the Tilburg-Sidney international conference on Reduction and the Special Sciences. PhilSci Archive (University of Pittsburgh). http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00003924/, 2008.
-“On Bickle´s Failure to Give a Formal Account of the Location in the New Wave Reductionist Spectrum”, in Disputatio. vol.1, nº17, 65-73, 2004
Some recent talks:
“A tale of two paradigms: unveiling some metaphysical underpinnings of current neuroscientific study of consciousness, emotions and the self” at International Workshop: Neurophilosophy, Self & Brain, March 17th , 2014
- “Realism and Emergence: a Case Study in Current Neuroscience of Fear Conditioning” at Philosophy of Science in the 21st Century – Challenges and Tasks, 4-6 December, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (December 6, 2013)
- "Functional, computational and neurological considerations of 'Full-Body Illusions' and what they reveal about the nature of the self" at, The Altered Self and Altered Self Experience“, Lisbon, Portugal, from 30th of May – 31st of May 2013 at the IFL, FCSH, New University of Lisbon, May 30, 2013
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His main research interest is Philosophy of Neuroscience. He has been developing a taxonomical model framework for Behaviour Neuroscience. He has also been interested in topics such as: the critical assessment to the mainstream Neuro-behavior explanation of fear-conditioning, the quest for the evolutionary origins of self and consciousness and the links between Phenomenology and Neuroscience.
Selected Publications:
- (With Klaus Gartner)“The Relativity of the Identity of the Self”, in The Reasoner, vol. 3, number 9, 8-9, September 2009.
-“On the non-elimination of mental states by adopting a ruthless-reductive stance” in Proceedings of the Tilburg-Sidney international conference on Reduction and the Special Sciences. PhilSci Archive (University of Pittsburgh). http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00003924/, 2008.
-“On Bickle´s Failure to Give a Formal Account of the Location in the New Wave Reductionist Spectrum”, in Disputatio. vol.1, nº17, 65-73, 2004
Some recent talks:
“A tale of two paradigms: unveiling some metaphysical underpinnings of current neuroscientific study of consciousness, emotions and the self” at International Workshop: Neurophilosophy, Self & Brain, March 17th , 2014
- “Realism and Emergence: a Case Study in Current Neuroscience of Fear Conditioning” at Philosophy of Science in the 21st Century – Challenges and Tasks, 4-6 December, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (December 6, 2013)
- "Functional, computational and neurological considerations of 'Full-Body Illusions' and what they reveal about the nature of the self" at, The Altered Self and Altered Self Experience“, Lisbon, Portugal, from 30th of May – 31st of May 2013 at the IFL, FCSH, New University of Lisbon, May 30, 2013
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