Since I’m about to submit another themed issue of Cognitive Systems Research I thought I’d give a plug to the papers from the last CSR “Extended Mind” issue I edited some two months ago. First up is Dan Weiskopf’s paper: According to the hypothesis of extended cognition (HEC), parts of the extrabodily world can constitute cognitive…
New EM paper by Kourken Michaelian published in Consciousness and Cognition. CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceConsciousness and CognitionConsciousness StudiesExtended MindMemoryneurosciencePhilosophy of mindUniversity of Granada
Some minor amusement from Der Spiegel. (H/T to Phil Hefner for this).
This Oakeshott reference from Colorado College’s website, notable because many so-called “liberal” arts colleges are only nominally “liberal” in the Oakeshottian sense. Check out Oakeshott’s essay “A Place of Learning” and other essays of his from The Voice of Liberal Learning. Paul Franco has written an essay for the “Companion” entitled “Un Début dans la…
Michael Lynch plugging his latest book. Age of EnlightenmentAnthony GottliebCivil societyMICHAEL LYNCHPhilosophyPolitical philosophyReasonScience in Society
Alva Noë’s latest musings. Agency (philosophy)CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExpertExtended MindJames AtlasNervous systemphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindZombie
It’s been exactly five years since this “blog” began. So I thought I’d mark the occasion with an unlikely pairing – Plato and “Fats” Domino, the latter arguably the earliest pioneer of what we have come to recognize as rock ‘n roll. Eldridge Cleaver or somebody said that, with rock, the blacks gave the middle…
The latest issue of Swarm Intelligence is now available featuring this paper “A speculative approach to parallelization in particle swarm optimization.” The original formulation of PSO is due to Kennedy, J., Eberhart, R. C., with Shi, Y. (2001). Swarm Intelligence. Morgan Kaufmann. AntArtificial LifeParticle SwarmSwarm intelligence
Here’s my chum Ken McIntyre’s new book. Here’s a review as well. Ken did a lovely essay for Paul and my Oakeshott “Companion“, an essay entitled “Philosophy and Its Moods: Oakeshott on the Practice of Philosophy.” ConservatismMichael OakeshottPhilosophyPhilosophy of history
I came across Hugh Lloyd-Jones’ work when I went through my Hellenistic phase – well it’s still with me. Though this posting doesn’t coincide with any anniversary I have had occassion through my recent reading to have Hugh on my mind – we corresponded briefly years back when I set up the MOA. Anyway, as you…
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