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Plato to Domino
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…
Particle swarm optimization
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
History, Providence, and Skeptical Politics
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
Hugh Lloyd-Jones
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…
Non cogito, ergo sum
This from Intelligent Life.
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
My chum David Livingstone Smith has this piece in Psychology Today. David LivingstoneHumanPsychology TodaySocial science
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.
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…
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
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