How long until robots are running off with someone’s wife?
An article from Silicon.com pitched at a general audience. I love the last photo caption: How long until robots are running off with someone’s wife?
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Collective Knowledge and Epistemic Trust
Here is a conference that promises to be one of the highlights of the social epistemology calender this year. Of course, don’t forget EPISTEME ’10 nor indeed the special issue on trust and testimony.
Consciousness in Literature
From time to time I’m asked to recommend a novel that has consciousness as its central concern. Two that I’ve read are David Lodge’s Thinks . . . and Dan Lloyd’s Radiant Cool. The former is light entertaining fluff (the “new” university setting will be especially resonant for British readers; most readers will recognise the…
“Stigmergy” Enters the Poetic Imagination
Poet Tim Kahl reads a poem of his entitled “Stigmergy.”
Philosophy and the Martial Arts
I want to plug the call for papers and the conference being put on by Damon Young and Graham Priest. Of all the recent popular philosophy themes that have been floated, this is the one, that in my view, has the most plausibility. Of course I would say that as someone with a foot in…
Embodied Economics
Here’s a freely available download of an article entitled “Embodied economics: how bodily information shapes the social coordination dynamics of decision-making” from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The article references many of the major embodiment theorists and refreshingly there is much on Hayek and of course The Sensory Order.
The Phenomenal Qualities Project
I want to bring your attention to The Phenomenal Qualities Project. With a Whose Who of theorists involved, it promises to offer a wonderful forum for ecumenical discussion: Objectives: There are four main objectives. To investigate a set of fundamental questions concerning phenomenal qualities – such as the colours, sounds and so on, of which we…
I Drink Therefore I Am
Here is a review of Roger Scruton’s recent offering. Also a review from The Guardian. I recently heard him on Radio 4 plugging the book – he’s a terrific and highly cultured writer but more often than not, a poor public performer – odd for someone one might consider a public intellectual. Had I known…
The Bionic Body
As is usual for the National Geographic, here is a super article beautifully illustrated on the latest developments in bionics. Check out the hard copy for more detailed case studies and real world applications.
Hayek: cognitive scientist avant la lettre
Here is the uncorrected proof of my essay – do not cite.
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