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November 1, 2009caius college, oakeshott, on human conduct

Oakeshott Caius Portrait

Here is the portrait that hangs in Caius College kindly sent to me by Graham A. MacDonald. The problem is that one can’t do much about the reflection giving this rather ghostly rendition – the artist who I tracked down and with whom I spoke did promise to send me a print – he never did.…

October 30, 2009ADINA ROSKIES, ALEX STEIN, AMALIA AMAYA, DALE NANCE, EDWARD STEIN, episteme, epistemology, evidence, evidence and law, FREDERICK SCHAUER, JENNIFER MNOOKIN, KAREN PETROSKI, LARRY LAUDAN, MICHAEL SAKS, RONALD ALLEN, social epistemology, SUSAN HAACK, WALTER SINNOTT-ARMSTRONG

The epistemology of legal evidence

A reminder that the bumper issue of EPISTEME is available for free download. See the first paragraph below which discusses the lacuna this issue fills. WALTER SINNOTT-ARMSTRONG AND FREDERICK SCHAUER INTRODUCTION Epistemology and the philosophy of law are both thriving, but it is unfortunate that there is so little interaction between the two. Few books…

October 29, 2009cognitive science, computational intelligence, neurobiology, Neurophysics, neuroscience, Riccardo Manzotti, ron chrisley, Semir Zeki

Beauty and the brain

Here is a New York Review of Books blog report on a workshop conference held at IULM University Milan bringing together a mix of neurobiologists, philosophers and art historians.

October 21, 2009hume, hume's signature, Kenneth Rendell

Signed Hume Cheque

This would make a lovely if somewhat expensive item for the Hume fan (thanks Gene via Mario for the link). See full details here.

October 15, 2009cognition, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, cognitive systems, memory

Memory Game

Test your memory skills with National Geographic.

October 12, 2009constructivism, oakeshott, philosophy of education, philosophy of history, philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, political philosophy, postmodern, relativism, social epistemology

Constructivism and Relativism in Oakeshott

Here is a MS of my paper that was published here.

October 9, 2009austrian economics, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, Economics, economist, Embedded, embodiment, emergence, epistemology, extended cognitive systems, hayek, hayek interview, liberalism, philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, political philosophy, politics, psychology, situated cognition, social cognition, social connectionism, social epistemology, social ontology, sociocognition, sociology, spontaneous order, The Road to Serfdom, the sensory order

Hayek Interview

Here is a transcript of a 15.25-hour interview completed under the auspices of the UCLA Oral History Program and the Pacific Academy of Advanced Studies. I haven’t read the piece so I can’t vouch for its quality (I don’t recognise the interviewers). Anyway, one would hope that there will be some interest within the 1,046…

October 8, 2009complexity, computational intelligence, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, emergence, hayek, Jacky Mallett, networks, social connectionism, social epistemology, spontaneous order

Limits on the Communication of Knowledge in Human Organisations

I want to bring your attention to this superb paper by Jacky Mallett (one of the sharpest minds around) published in Studies in Emergent Order, Spring 2009, Vol. 2.

October 7, 2009andrew sullivan, buddhism, elizabeth corey, oakeshott, religion

Oakeshott, Buddhist?

See Andrew Sullivan’s blog. Elizabeth Corey’s book that Andrew so highly praises features heavily in the Oakeshott symposium for Zygon.