John Haugeland
As most will already know, John Haugeland passed away this week.
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“Extended Mind” in Key Terms
Over at Brain Hammer Peter Mandik has posted his entry on Extended Mind from his Key Terms in Philosophy of Mind.
Conscious machines
Here’s an article in The Philosopher’s Magazine by Igor Aleksander, one of 50 big issues selected to commemorate the 50th issue of TPM.
Anthony (Lord) Quinton
I was sorry to learn of the death of Tony (Lord) Quinton. My first contact with him was in the late-80s. Geoff Thomas, my Birkbeck tutor (who himself had Quinton as an examiner at Oxford), wrote to Quinton asking if he’d care to grant a young student an hour to chat about Oakeshott. Within the…
New Issue of EPISTEME
Issue 7.2 of EPISTEME is now available.
Psychology Of Violence
My chum David Livingstone Smith’s contribution to Forbes‘ 25 Ideas To Change The World.
Why is consciousness so mysterious?
A nice chat with Dave Chalmers on this topic.
Grue
Here’s a message posted to the Liverpool PHILOS listeserv. Having spend quite a bit time of being obsessed by the grue puzzle, I find this message very interesting. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear all, I spent the last six months researching the emerald market, and in the process discovered some interesting facts that bear on the history of ‘grue’, which…
One word examination
The All Souls College one word examination has been scrapped. Kinda disappointing really that such an eccentric intellectual excercise apparently no longer carries favour. Speaking of All Souls, two Fellows I have met include the late Gerry Cohen and Noel Malcolm who is contributing an essay to the volume Paul Franco and I are editing.
Chalmers’ Locke Lectures II and III
Lecture 2 (12th May): The Cosmoscope Argument [Handout] [MP3] [Slides] Lecture 3 (19th May): The Case for A Priori Scrutability [Handout] [MP3] [Slides] See here for lecture 1
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