Hume is on my mind especially in regard to my current work on Adam Smith. To this end, I’ve been re-watching Bryan Magee’s series The Great Philosophers from ’87. I’ve especially enjoyed the Hume discussion with John Passmore. Magee is an expositor second to none despite the fact that his expert guests are more intimate with-…
Here is a recent open access article I came across entitled Co-Adaptation and the Emergence of Structure. Check out their “Stigmergy Game” model. Cognitive sciencecomplexitydistributed knowledgesituated cognitionsocial epistemologySocially distributed cognitionstigmergic epistemologyStigmergy
A new compilation released today. Below is a snippet from Wynton’s Abyssinian Mass that is currently being performed and streamed. Abyssinian A Gospel CelebrationAbyssinian Baptist ChurchgospelJazzLincoln Center Jazz OrchestraWynton Marsalis
As most will have realized via Google this event is being commemorated. Parachuting is an activity I haven’t done in a long while but am feeling the urge. Here’s a posting entitled The Metaphysics of Skydiving from a few years back. André-Jacques GarnerinParachute
Paul Thagard takes the piss. active externalismAndy ClarkCognitive scienceDavid ChalmersExtended Mindpaul thagardPhilosophy of mindsituated cognition
Elizabeth Corey’s review of Gene Callahan’s Oakeshott on Rome and America. Elizabeth CoreyGene CallahanMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophyrationalismrationalism in politics
At last I’ve worked my way through this 3CD set. Here are a couple of short reviews – The Financial Times – The Observer and a more in depth one by Oleg Ledeniov. Alfred SCHNITTKEBéla BARTÓKClassical musicEnrique GRANADOSErich KORNGOLDFranz LISZTFrédéric CHOPINIgor STRAVINSKYJohannes BRAHMSMartha ArgerichmusicPercy GRAINGERRobert SCHUMANN
Barry Smith, “the ontology king”, has made freely available his Fall 2013 Ontological Engineering class. There is no better resource than here. Barry SmithKnowledge ManagementKnowledge RepresentationmetaphyicsOntologiesOntologyOntology engineeringPhilosophy
Although residing along the Mississippi River [This river is famed in atrocious song and verse; the most prevalent motif is one which attempts to make of the river an ersatz father figure. Actually, the Mississippi River is a treacherous and sinister body of water whose eddies and currents yearly claim many lives. I have never…
This article from The Philanthropic Enterprise. I have come across this idea some 25 years ago in London, a Hampstead restaurant to be precise. I have no idea if they survived. Anyway, if you are looking for intelligent discussion about the role of philanthropy in our society, TPE is the go-to forum. Food and philanthropy…
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