Here is an interview posted on the eclectic APPS bog. Ezequiel is one of the main current players in enactivist theory and has a recently published (edited) book out that I’ve been reading. Enactivism is a position I’m quite sympathetic to though I’m sceptical of “new paradigm” talk.
The wonderfully talented photographic portraitist Steve Pyke talks about how he came to photographing philosophers. A fascinating project that seemed to emerge. I guess it took someone like Pyke who wasn’t familiar with their work not to be dazzled. He talks about his editorial background and editing sensibility. Click here for the half hour programme.…
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A reminder: The EPISTEME conference begins tomorrow.
Born on this day in 1912. Andrew Hodges’ Turing page. See his Stanford entry as well. Alan TuringAndrew HodgesArtificial intelligenceTuringTuring machineTuring testWorld War II
I know that David wasn’t happy with Barbara Ehrenreich’s review. Here is Dave’s response – pasted in below as well. To the Editors: It is difficult for an author to respond to a review without sounding churlish, but at the same time, it is incumbent upon an author not to allow misrepresentations of his or…
Can it really be twenty years since Dennett’s Consciousness Explained? There were of course many reviews of said book but check out Galen Strawson’s review.
The Extended Mind – I think that this is the first time Dave has expanded the idea to social extension or networks. I recall that FB post he mentions. And Dave is trailing on his website his forthcoming book Constructing the World (OUP). BIG NEWS!! alzheimer’sCognitive scienceconstructing the worldExtended Mind
The first of Nicholas Humphrey’s Pufendorf Lectures plugging his new book. Here is a recent review from the NYT.
I know that I may well cop a lot of flack disclosing that I’m a fan of David Stove. One colleague called Stove the worst curmudgeon he’d ever come across, a writer that had the ability to rub many constituencies up the wrong way. Be that as it may, I find Stove a great writer…
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