This is the first in series of extracts that caught my eye while rereading the Companion. The following is from Bob Grant’s chapter The Pursuit of Intimacy, or Rationalism in Love: But Michael was the least materialist, or materialistic, of men. He always believed in the “otherworld” and also that, like Kant’s realm of freedom, it…
My favourite painter gets a mainstream mention – if one sees the full body of his work then I guess one can excuse the clichéd use of the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog used for the target book and many a philosophy book and CD cover. Below is Friedrich painted by another favourite of mine,…
Here’s a lovely take by a very good philosopher of mind on Donald Fagen’s new solo album Sunken Condos. The ever versatile Ed also contributed an excellent paper to Hayek in Mind. edward feserfunkHayekJazzonald fagenphenomenologyphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindsteely dan
Paul Dincer is a passionate master chocolatier and way ahead of most high-end established brands. Paul combines the technical sophistication and execution characteristic of the Spanish approach and the wild improbable experimentation characteristic of New Orleans cuisine. The chocolates that work best are the outrageous ones: Paul shouldn’t bother with standard versions that others do and…
Here’s a couple of reports on the surprise appearance of “Fats” on Treme. So good to hear that “Fats” could be coaxed into this. I can’t wait to see it. Alex Rawls’ article in My Spilt Milk Dave Walker’s article in NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Fats and the irrepressible Dave’s reunion Cosimo MatassaDave BartholomewDavid SimonDominoEric…
This excellent Why we can’t break free from our TV overlords article echoes How Much Longer Will We Tolerate the Outrageous Cost of Television? and The iPanel, 4G Internet, and the Unfolding Drama of the Post-Commercial Broadcast Age – both of which I’ve cited this last week. Clearly, there is a groundswell of rebellion out there with the cable companies…
This from Techvibes – substitute Canadian for any other nationality. Who chose this insane and inane model—one that invades privacy, wastes time, and subjects the average Canadian adult to over 14,000 minutes of commercials per annum? advertisingAmanda LangBroadcastCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissioncommercialsherbert hooverinternetiTunesNationalpeter mansbridgeradioTelevision
This from The Atlantic – kindly sent my way by Richard Symonds. Artificial intelligenceB.F. SkinnerChomskyCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessDavid MarrEmbodied cognitionJohn McCarthyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNoam ChomskyPhilosophy of mind
Just published! Cognitive Systems Research Vol. 21, March Stigmergic dimensions of online creative interaction Jimmy Secretan Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work Lars Rune Christensen Stigmergic self-organization and the improvisation of Ushahidi Janet Marsden Emergence in stigmergic and complex adaptive systems: A formal discrete event systems perspective Saurabh Mittal Cognitive stigmergy: A study…
Abstract of article to be found here. Also check out Mog Stapleton’s paper. To accept that cognition is embodied is to question many of the beliefs traditionally held by cognitive scientists. One key question regards the localization of cognitive faculties. Here we argue that for cognition to be embodied and sometimes embedded, means that the…
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