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May 17, 2012consciousness, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, knowing how knowing that, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, rationalism, rationality, stigmergy, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence, tacit knowledge

Non cogito, ergo sum

This from Intelligent Life.

May 16, 2012david livingstone smith, essentialism, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, less than human, natural kinds, naturalism

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

My chum David Livingstone Smith has this piece in Psychology Today. David LivingstoneHumanPsychology TodaySocial science

May 16, 2012Herbert Colston, journal of mind and behavior, meaning, philosophical psychology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, raymond gibbs

Interpreting Figurative Meaning

I’m looking for a suitably qualified reviewer for this new book, the review to appear in The Journal of Mind and Behavior.

May 16, 2012hayek, network theory, networks, philosophy of social science, Troy Camplin

Getting to the Hayekian Network

Here is Troy Camplin’s intro to his paper for Hayek in Mind. In many ways this paper is necessarily an introduction. I want to introduce away to understand F. A. Hayek’s ideas on both spontaneous orders and the brain by understanding network structures. More, I want to distinguish between networks that emerge top-down in organizations…

May 15, 2012Abelard and Heloise, literature, love, philosophy, stealing heaven, theology

Abelard and Heloise

I never knew that a film had been made of these most famous love birds so here it. I can’t vouch for the quality since I haven’t seen it. See if you can access Melvyn Bragg’s podcast with among others Anthony Grayling. Héloïse d’ArgenteuilMelvyn BraggPeter Abelard

May 14, 2012complexity, epistemology, Philip Kitcher, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, reductionism, science, science wars, situated cognition, social epistemology

The Trouble with Scientism: Why history and the humanities are also a form of knowledge.

Philip Kitcher, prominent philosopher of science in The New Republic: The problem with scientism—which is of course not the same thing as science—is owed to a number of sources, and they deserve critical scrutiny. The enthusiasm for natural scientific imperialism rests on five observations. First, there is the sense that the humanities and social sciences…

May 14, 2012Chor-Yung Cheung, john coats, michael oakeshott

The Poetic Character of Human Activity: Collected Essays on the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

Coming soon – Chor-yung did a lovely piece for Hayek in Mind. Alasdair MacIntyreConfuciusEric VoegelinJohn RawlsLeo StraussMichael OakeshottOakeshottQuentin SkinnerZhuangzi

May 13, 2012Amygdala, philosophy of mind

The Amygdala Made Me Do It

James Atlas reviews the latest spate of books on biological determinism. Artificial intelligenceCharles DuhiggCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessDaniel KahnemanDavid HumeEmbodied cognitionGilbert Rylephilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindqualiaTony DungyTreatise of Human NatureWilliam James

May 13, 2012Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Check out the programme for the upcoming SPP meeting. Artificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExtended Mindphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindPsychologyqualia

May 12, 2012George Feaver, history of political ideas, political philosophy

George Feaver

My chum George Feaver crossed the finishing line on this date (his birthday as well).