Brian Keeley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4860261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Keeley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Keeley |
| SIGNATURE | KEELEY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pitzer College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5588-8068 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conspiracy theorists are not the problem; Conspiracy liars are
In an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times (08/06/2022), entitled Alex Jones is no kind of ‘theorist’, LZ Granderson writes that although the ubiquitous recent ‘conspiracy theorist’ of American journalism is Alex Jones, that appellation is not appropriate. He argues that Jones rarely ‘theorizes’ about events; he simply lies about them. In past work, I have argued that the starting points of many conspiracy theories are two forms of errant data:…
Troubling Transplant Temporality through Crip Technoscience and a Sensory Aesthetics of Time, Machine, and Health
Taking up technologies that act as a “bridge” to transplant, we explore what the lifeworlds of a transplant patient and their loved ones interacting with these technologies tells us about the temporality of transplantation and the imperative of cure.By engaging with clinical literature and practices, transdisciplinary crip technoscience theorizing, and multimodal, multisensory artistic form, we bring together sick and disabled people’s expertise …
Conspiracy Theory and (or as) Folk Psychology
One issue within conspiracy theory theory is whether, or to what extent, our central concept – – should map on to the common, lay sense of the term. Some conspiracy theory theorists insist that we use the term as everyday people use it. So, for example, if the term has a pejorative connotation in everyday parlance, then academic work on the concept should reflect that. Other conspiracy theory theorists take a more revisionist approach, arguing in…
Desigualdad de ingresos
Desigualdad de ingresos. La brecha entre ricos y pobres trata de uno de los temas politicos mas polemicos y acuciantes en la actualidad. La brecha entre ricos y pobres esta en su punto mas alto en 30 anos, el 10% mas rico gana 9.6 veces mas que el 10% mas pobre, en otras palabras: pocos ganan mucho y muchos ganan poco. Como consecuencia, la cohesion social se debilita y se pierde la confianza en las instituciones. En esta obra, se analiza la mane…
Income Inequality
From the Common Sense to Self-consciousness
The Role of Neurobiology in Differentiating the Senses
This article looks at the role of neurobiology in explaining the distinction among the senses. It presents the Aristotelian account of the senses and presents the view that that psychological facts alone are sufficient to account for the different senses, or at least that organ criterion is far less important than some have argued. It discusses Johannes Müller's nineteenth-century neurophysiological characterization of the senses and its applicat…
International Migration
About 190 million people around the world live outside their country of birth. These migrants bring energy, entrepreneurship and fresh ideas to our societies. But there are downsides: young migrants who fail in education, adults who donâ t find work and, of course, unregulated migration. Such challenges can make migration a political lightning rod and a topic for angry debate. Drawing on the unique expertise of the OECD, this book moves beyond …
Internationale Migration
Etwa 190 Millionen Menschen leben weltweit auà erhalb ihres Herkunftslands. Diese Zuwanderer bereichern unsere Gesellschaften durch ihre Energie, ihren Unternehmergeist und ihre Ideen. Dabei gibt es aber auch negative Aspekte wie schulisches Versagen unter jungen Zuwanderern, Arbeitslosigkeit unter Migranten und natÃ1⁄4rlich irreguläre Migration. Solche Herausforderungen können die Zuwanderung zu einem politischen Zankapfel und heià umstrittenen …
Humankapital
Welche Auswirkungen haben Bildung und Lernen auf unsere Gesellschaften und Volkswirtschaften? Wie lassen sich Ungleichheiten in der Bildung beseitigen? Soziale Kompetenz, Wissen und Bildungsstand der Gesellschaft gewinnen immer mehr an Bedeutung.
Human Capital
The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 30 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation.The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population.The Organisation provides a setting where governments can compare pol…
Le capital humain
Cette première publication de la série Les essentiels de l’OCDE examine l’importance grandissante du capital humain dans la vie économique et sociale – notre éducation, nos qualifications, nos compétences et notre savoir. Alors que l'économie des pays développés se tertiarise, le succès économique des individus et des économies nationales dépend de plus en plus de la qualité du capital humain. Enrichir ce capital devient donc une priorité majeure…
Shocking Lessons from Electric Fish
This paper explores the relationship between psychology and neurobiology in the context of cognitive science. Are the sciences that constitute cognitive science independent and theoretically autonomous, or is there a necessary interaction between them? I explore Fodor's Multiple Realization Thesis (MRT) which starts with the fact of multiple realization and purports to derive the theoretical autonomy of special sciences (such as psychology) from …
Neuroethology and the Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Neuroethology is a branch of biology that studies the neural basis of naturally occurring animal behavior. This science, particularly a recent program called computational neuroethology , has a similar structure to the interdisciplinary endeavor of cognitive science. I argue that it would be fruitful to conceive of cognitive science as the computational neuroethology of humans. However, there are important differences between the two sciences, in…
Of Conspiracy Theories
As the end of the Millennium approaches, conspiracy theories are increasing in number and popularity. In this short essay, I offer an analysis of conspiracy theories inspired by Hume's discussion of miracles. My first conclusion is that whereas Hume can argue that miracles are, by definition, explanations we are not warranted in believing, there is nothing analytic that will allow us to distinguish good from bad conspiracy theories. There is no a…
Shocking Lessons from Electric Fish
This paper explores the relationship between psychology and neurobiology in the context of cognitive science. Are the sciences that constitute cognitive science independent and theoretically autonomous, or is there a necessary interaction between them? I explore Fodor's Multiple Realization Thesis (MRT) which starts with the fact of multiple realization and purports to derive the theoretical autonomy of special sciences (such as psychology) from …
Neuroethology and the Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Neuroethology is a branch of biology that studies the neural basis of naturally occurring animal behavior. This science, particularly a recent program called computational neuroethology , has a similar structure to the interdisciplinary endeavor of cognitive science. I argue that it would be fruitful to conceive of cognitive science as the computational neuroethology of humans. However, there are important differences between the two sciences, in…
Of Conspiracy Theories
As the end of the Millennium approaches, conspiracy theories are increasing in number and popularity. In this short essay, I offer an analysis of conspiracy theories inspired by Hume's discussion of miracles. My first conclusion is that whereas Hume can argue that miracles are, by definition, explanations we are not warranted in believing, there is nothing analytic that will allow us to distinguish good from bad conspiracy theories. There is no a…
Shocking Lessons from Electric Fish
This paper explores the relationship between psychology and neurobiology in the context of cognitive science. Are the sciences that constitute cognitive science independent and theoretically autonomous, or is there a necessary interaction between them? I explore Fodor's Multiple Realization Thesis (MRT) which starts with the fact of multiple realization and purports to derive the theoretical autonomy of special sciences (such as psychology) from …
Neuroethology and the Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Neuroethology is a branch of biology that studies the neural basis of naturally occurring animal behavior. This science, particularly a recent program called computational neuroethology , has a similar structure to the interdisciplinary endeavor of cognitive science. I argue that it would be fruitful to conceive of cognitive science as the computational neuroethology of humans. However, there are important differences between the two sciences, in…
Human Capital
The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 30 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation.The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population.The Organisation provides a setting where governments can compare pol…
Le capital humain
Cette première publication de la série Les essentiels de l’OCDE examine l’importance grandissante du capital humain dans la vie économique et sociale – notre éducation, nos qualifications, nos compétences et notre savoir. Alors que l'économie des pays développés se tertiarise, le succès économique des individus et des économies nationales dépend de plus en plus de la qualité du capital humain. Enrichir ce capital devient donc une priorité majeure…
Humankapital
Welche Auswirkungen haben Bildung und Lernen auf unsere Gesellschaften und Volkswirtschaften? Wie lassen sich Ungleichheiten in der Bildung beseitigen? Soziale Kompetenz, Wissen und Bildungsstand der Gesellschaft gewinnen immer mehr an Bedeutung.
The Role of Neurobiology in Differentiating the Senses
This article looks at the role of neurobiology in explaining the distinction among the senses. It presents the Aristotelian account of the senses and presents the view that that psychological facts alone are sufficient to account for the different senses, or at least that organ criterion is far less important than some have argued. It discusses Johannes Müller's nineteenth-century neurophysiological characterization of the senses and its applicat…
International Migration
About 190 million people around the world live outside their country of birth. These migrants bring energy, entrepreneurship and fresh ideas to our societies. But there are downsides: young migrants who fail in education, adults who donâ t find work and, of course, unregulated migration. Such challenges can make migration a political lightning rod and a topic for angry debate. Drawing on the unique expertise of the OECD, this book moves beyond …
Internationale Migration
Etwa 190 Millionen Menschen leben weltweit auà erhalb ihres Herkunftslands. Diese Zuwanderer bereichern unsere Gesellschaften durch ihre Energie, ihren Unternehmergeist und ihre Ideen. Dabei gibt es aber auch negative Aspekte wie schulisches Versagen unter jungen Zuwanderern, Arbeitslosigkeit unter Migranten und natÃ1⁄4rlich irreguläre Migration. Solche Herausforderungen können die Zuwanderung zu einem politischen Zankapfel und heià umstrittenen …
From the Common Sense to Self-consciousness
Income Inequality
Desigualdad de ingresos
Desigualdad de ingresos. La brecha entre ricos y pobres trata de uno de los temas politicos mas polemicos y acuciantes en la actualidad. La brecha entre ricos y pobres esta en su punto mas alto en 30 anos, el 10% mas rico gana 9.6 veces mas que el 10% mas pobre, en otras palabras: pocos ganan mucho y muchos ganan poco. Como consecuencia, la cohesion social se debilita y se pierde la confianza en las instituciones. En esta obra, se analiza la mane…
Conspiracy Theory and (or as) Folk Psychology
One issue within conspiracy theory theory is whether, or to what extent, our central concept – – should map on to the common, lay sense of the term. Some conspiracy theory theorists insist that we use the term as everyday people use it. So, for example, if the term has a pejorative connotation in everyday parlance, then academic work on the concept should reflect that. Other conspiracy theory theorists take a more revisionist approach, arguing in…
Troubling Transplant Temporality through Crip Technoscience and a Sensory Aesthetics of Time, Machine, and Health
Taking up technologies that act as a “bridge” to transplant, we explore what the lifeworlds of a transplant patient and their loved ones interacting with these technologies tells us about the temporality of transplantation and the imperative of cure.By engaging with clinical literature and practices, transdisciplinary crip technoscience theorizing, and multimodal, multisensory artistic form, we bring together sick and disabled people’s expertise …
Conspiracy theorists are not the problem; Conspiracy liars are
In an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times (08/06/2022), entitled Alex Jones is no kind of ‘theorist’, LZ Granderson writes that although the ubiquitous recent ‘conspiracy theorist’ of American journalism is Alex Jones, that appellation is not appropriate. He argues that Jones rarely ‘theorizes’ about events; he simply lies about them. In past work, I have argued that the starting points of many conspiracy theories are two forms of errant data:…
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cognition (2 works)