“Stigmergy” has finally made it into a mainstream philosophy reference work. It is mentioned in the chapter entitled “Reasoning and Rationality” written by Collin Allen, Peter M. Todd, and Jonathan M. Weinberg. Colin, by the way, is co-authoring a paper for a themed issue of Cognitive Systems Research on stigmergy Marge Doyle and I are editing.
EPISTEME has now fully transitioned the move to Cambridge University Press. The complete back catalogue from the previous publisher is now available on the EPISTEME/CUP website. The EPISTEME website will be revamped shortly. EPISTEME
Telegraph obituary My favourite Dummett book: Truth and Other Enigmas. My favourite Dummett paper: A Defense of Mctaggart’s Proof of the Unreality of Time. Here is Steve Pyke’s superb portrait. Michael Dummett Oxford 21 May 1990 Philosophy attempts, not to discover new truths about the world, but to gain a clear view of what we already…
Here’s a two-parter with Hubert Dreyfus on embodiment – I haven’t listened to the whole talk but I recall first seeing Dreyfus being interviewed by the very excellent popularizer Bryan Magee some 25 years ago. Artificial intelligenceBryan MageeCognitionCognitive scienceEmbodied cognitionHubert Dreyfusphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
Check out philosopher Dan Lloyd’s film project. On the film site there are several videos of different brain states worth watching. Dan is, of course, no stranger to using other modalities to communicate his thoughts on consciousness – his book Radiant Cool is a classic in the genre. Inside each of us, at every moment, a symphony…
Check out this new book edited by two very good philosophers. A stellar line-up indeed – a book that will no doubt become the benchmark to the knowing how literature.
My chum and colleague Roger Koppl in action. DNAForensic science
The Charlie Rose Brain Series 2: Consciousness with Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Patricia Churchland of University of California, San Diego, Stanislas Dehaene of College De France, Nicholas Schiff of Weill Cornell Medical College and Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia. Charlie RoseEric KandelStanislas DehaeneTimothy Wilson
Here’s a draft of a forthcoming paper I chanced across. CognitionCognitive scienceEmbodied cognitionphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
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