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Call for Papers:

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"Apeiron" - a \;portuguese \;journal of philosophy organized by the students of the University of Minho \;invites students \;from all the levels of study for contributions for papers.

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The main goal of Apeiron is to give an opportunity to young researchers to have a \;plataform \;to publish early works on several topics. \;

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This nr. 11 will be focused on \;"Philosophy\, Neuroscience and Psychology"\, and will be having the participation of two honored guests:

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- Patricia Churchland (University of California)

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- Georg Northoff (University of Ottawa)

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Specifically\, we are searching for proposals on the following topics: \;

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1) History and Philosophy of Neuroscience and Psychology\;
2) The Nature of Intertheoretic Reduction\;
3) Mental States and Folk Psychology\;
4) Theories of Brain Function and Functionalist Psychology\;
5) Explanation\, Reduction and Methodology in Neuroscience Practice\;
6) The Reduction of Psychology to Neuroscience\;
7) The Neurobiology of Higher Functions and the Search for Molecular Mechanisms of Cognitive Functions\;
The relation between Philosophy and Neuroscience\;
9) Neuroethics: The Brains behind Morality\;
10) How does the brain relate to the mind?
11) Neurocomputational models: theory\, application and philosophical consequences\;
12) The role of neurological and psychiatric disorders in the study of the brain/mind relation\;
Other issues that fall under the general discussion.

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Target: \;Undergraduate Students\, Masters Students or Ph.D. Students.

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- Due: \;September 19\, 2017
- Notification of accepted proposals: \; \;September 30\, 2017

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 \;Submit your full proposal/final version of the paper to stevensequeira92@hotmail.com or id6232@alunos.uminho.pt. \;

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Note: "Apeiron" doesn't have a formal scientific committee or a blind-review system. However\, should the editor need help\, he will\, informally\, ask a Portuguese expert of the topic for such. \;

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"Apeiron" is published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing.

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For questions\, please contact us at - stevensequeira92@hotmail.com

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Thank you for your consideration.

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Steven S. Gouveia (Editor) \;

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