This post marks the winding down of this website as primarily interested in matters philosophical and matters CogsSci – the new emphasis will be toward music. Of course one can never escape philosophical contemplation, but perhaps the impulse can be kept at bay. Three quotes from Thoreau seem to capture this turn: When I hear music, I…
Here’s a very crisp articulation by Jonathan Tallant explaining McTaggart’s famous A and B series of time and more besides. It was the late Michael Dummett (Truth and Other Enigmas, 1978) who made me want to take another look at McTaggart’s argument, surprisingly not referenced in the SEP entry. Here’s McTaggart’s original paper and a freely available commentary paper on Dummett’s McTaggart.…
Two papers of note from the special issue “The Body Represented/Embodied Representation” of Review of Philosophy and Psychology and one from the current issue: A Moderate Approach to Embodied Cognitive Science – Alvin Goldman Embodying the Mind and Representing the Body – Adrian John Tetteh Alsmith and Frédérique de Vignemont In Defense of Phenomenological Approaches to Social Cognition:…
I’ve just discovered that the bust of Bertie in Red Lion Square commissioned by Ayer et al was sculpted by none other than Marcelle Quinton, the widow of my chum Tony Quinton (see announcement below). If I get the opportunity I must ask her about it (Marcelle is a formidable intellect – she and Tony…
What sort of post would be suitable to mark the 1,000th? This is it – the cutting intelligence and witticism of none other than Russell. First, is a very brief snippet on smoking; the next three comprise a reading of Russell’s In Praise of Idleness with transcript. On Smoking Idleness – Part 1: Idleness – Part…
Here is a skeptical take on the insights supposedly offered by the rise of behavioral economics as represented by Daniel Kahneman and others. Since I’m in the process of reviewing Kahneman it will be interesting to see if Levine’s take on behavioral economics jibes with my take on Kahneman in particular and behavioral economics in…
Greg Dunn is one of a growing group of artists taking inspiration from neurons. H/T to Natalie Geld for the pointer. ArtGreg DunnneuroscienceVisual Arts
This analysis probably comes as no surprise to those steeped in the history of popular music. Artificial intelligenceArtsCognitive scienceMusicologyPop musicPopular musicTimbre
Listen to T.S.E. here. A little known fact, at least amongst those who come to TSE through his poetry, is that T.S.E. wrote his doctoral dissertation on F.H. Bradley, a copy of which I read some 25 years ago. Here is an article on the relationship between T.S.E. and Russell. F. H. BradleyLiteratureLove Song of…
In anticipation of the publication date (October) Penn State University Press are offering a 20% discount off the cover price of A Companion to Michael Oakeshott – download form here. Michael OakeshottPenn State University Press
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