Here’s a forthcoming book on Oakeshott. Aryeh Botwinick spoke at the inaugural of the MOA on this topic. I never thought Oakeshott had anything to say about personal identity (at least in the Lockean tradition) – so I look forward to see what Botwinick says.
Keep an eye out for this soon to be published anthology of papers. To my knowledge, this is the first such collection of analytically orientated papers on social epistemology. Some of the stellar line-up has previously appeared in EPISTEME.
Here is the Science announcement that is causing quite a stir. This is “a defining moment in the history of biology and biotechnology,” says Mark Bedau, a philosopher at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and editor of the scientific journal Artificial Life. “It represents an important technical milestone in the new field of synthetic genomics,” says yeast biologist Jef Boeke of Johns Hopkins University…
Shaun Nichols delivers a recent lecture. shaun nichols
Simon Critchley in The New York Times. See Leiter’s critical take on Critchley.
Here’s a soon to be released book written by Mark Rowlands one of the major extended mind/situated cognition players. Let’s hope the proofing is significantly better than what has been coming out of MIT Press of late. This book will be reviewed by Michael Madary in The Journal of Mind and Behavior.
Check out the top illusions of 2010 in the competition organized by the Neuralcorrelate Society.
World Science Festival featuring Bobby McFerrin, best known as the writer and performer of one of my favourite songs Don’t worry be happy. Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment? Join host John Schaefer, Jamshed Barucha, scientist Daniel Levitin, Professor Lawrence…
Lecture 1: A Scrutable World Handout Slides Draft MS of Constructing the World Lecture 2 (12th May): The Cosmoscope Argument Lecture 3 (19th May): The Case for A Priori Scrutability Lecture 4 (26th May): Revisability and Conceptual Change: Carnap vs. Quine Lecture 5 (2nd June): Hard Cases: Mathematics, Normativity, Ontology, Intentionality Lecture 6 (9th June):…
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