Relativism
Steve Wood may not be afraid of Paul Boghossian – he should be. If Steve Wood is not afraid of André Kukla – his posturing is nothing short of perverse.
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Free Access to EPISTEME
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The ‘Hard Problem’ – Consciousness, Experience, and Mind
This past Monday I presented a talk to the Advanced Seminar Program at the Chicago-based Zygon Center for Religion and Science and editorial home of the journal Zygon: Journal of Science & Religion. My host was Zygon’s editor Phil Hefner. The theme of this year’s seminar was The ‘Hard Problem’ – Consciousness, Experience, and Mind – my talk dealt…
Supersizing the Mind
I read on Dave Chalmers’ weblog that he’s written the preface to Andy Clark’s forthcoming Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension. It’s very exciting news that a) there is a new book by Clark, perhaps the best stylist around and that b) Chalmers (and Clark) have returned to considering their thesis of active externalism ten years after…
Neuro-narratives
I chanced upon this rather turgid article that claims there is now a new sub genre of literature. The writer coins the label “Neuronarratives” to denote works of fiction that incorporate advances in cognitive studies. The writer takes the “two cultures” debate as the organizing theme in the two novels under consideration. One of the books…
Perspectives on Social Cognition
Here is the fully published special issue of Cognitive Systems Research Volume 9, Issues 1-2, March 2008 2. Introduction to the special issue “Perspectives on Social Cognition” Cognitive Systems Research, Volume 9, Issues 1-2, March 2008, Pages 1-4 Leslie Marsh and Christian Onof 3. Functionalism and mental boundaries Cognitive Systems Research, Volume 9, Issues…
Science Wars Revisted
Just the other day I was conversing with a biochemist friend of mine who works in R&D. We were discussing the entrenched attitude to science that still seems to prevail 12 years on from the so-called “Science Wars” of the mid-90s. On the one hand, there is a schizophrenic attitude emanating from the humanities and the social sciences: 1. that…
Robots
The Volume 18, Number 1 issue of Scientific American Reports is a special edition on robotics. The following articles feature: 1. Bill Gates’s “A Robot in Every Home” concentrates on such commonplace items as the vacuum cleaner and not the…
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