August 2008 – Page 2 – manwithoutqualities

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August 8, 2008artificial intelligence, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Swarm Robotics

Here is a BBC report from A.I. XI

August 4, 2008identity, philosophy of social science, social cognition, social constructivism, social epistemology, social identity, social ontology, sociocognition

As usual, Dan Little has posted some thoughtful reflections on the multifarious tributaries that feed into the complex that is social identity. It brings to mind a recent correspondence I had with someone who was adamant that I call them by their “new” name (legally changed by deed poll), someone who I happened to know under their birth…

August 2, 2008Alzheimer's, brain damage, Claude Wischik, cognitive science, consciousness, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychology, rationality, reason

Alzheimer’s

Here’s a restrained and sensitive article from the Scotsman on Claude Wischik‘s work on Alzheimer’s disease. The tone of the article matches the low-key disposition and existential focus of Wischik. Speaking to an Alzheimic patient on a regular basis, I have often used synonyms for the metaphor of “tangles”: Wischik has spent 24 years studying the neurofibrillary ‘tangles’ that…