New article by Andy Clark et al. in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. Andy ClarkArtificial intelligenceCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExternalismphenomenologyPsychologysituated cognition
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD issues in statements about the world. Whether one is a realist, pragmatist, operationalist, or materialist, one can hardly doubt that the various moments of the scientific enterprise–induction, hypothesis, deduction, theory, law–are all assertions of sorts. Even observation and verification are in the final analysis not the physiological happenings in which the retina…
Would I love to be at this gig! Now that would be a night to remember. I saw them a few years back in a conventional theatre setting and that was superb. Nick is a musician’s musician — it was unusual to see so many musicians in the audience paying their respects. If you are…
Jack Birner has this new article just published in Metascience. cognitive closurecomplexityFriedrich HayekHistoricismjack birnerKarl PopperLiberalismsocial epistemologyunintended consequences
This looks like it may well be a cracking read. I do appreciate Ken’s quality of mind as per his chat with the Gad Father. consciousnessevolutionary biologyEvolutionary PsychologyFree willgad saadKenneth MillerReasonreligion and science
Another classic from The Chap this time, issue 15. I trust that you chaps are also monitoring the encroaching vulgarity that I noticed corroding Jermyn Street. Long live anarcho-dandyism! anarcho-dandyismhumoursartorial agonysatiresemioticsthe chap
Russ Roberts chats with Taleb about his latest book Skin in the Game, my copy due to be in my hands tomorrow. complexityDecision makingexpertiseintellectual yet idiotNassim Nicholas TalebprobabilityrationalityReligionRiskRuss Robertsskin in the game
Birthday boy in conversation with Terry Gross. And he say, hey, Bobby, come here a minute. And I froze – came back. Hey, oh man, I didn’t see you. He said I loved the way you did the song. I think it’s fantastic. And I felt really good. I said oh, I’m glad you really like…
Andy Clark in conversation with Joe Gelonesi. active externalismAndy ClarkCognitive sciencedistributed cognitionEmbodied cognitive scienceExtended cognitionExtended MindInternalism and externalismpersonal identitysituated cognition
On the eve of the annual (and in decline) luvvy virtue-signaling regress-fest, there still stands Charlotte Rampling who, along with Catherine Deneuve, have timeless and towering unalloyed class, dignity, elegance and, most importantly, critical faculties — unlike the pompous half-baked cause du jour “celeb” types who are superficially deep, but deep down, are superficial! This documentary,…
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