PhilPapers
Another great online service (a companion to MindPapers) has been brought to fruition by David Chalmers, David Bourget and Wolfgang Schwarz. PhilPapers
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Evidence and Law
The latest issue of EPISTEME is a terrific bumper issue devoted to this fascinating topic. As if that’s not news enough, it is available for free download – hurry while stocks last! As plugged by Leiter. Table of Contents – Evidence and Law Special offer – all free issues free until Feb 28 Journal Homepage
Hurley: The shared circuits model
In case you haven’t come across this, a posthumous article by Susan Hurley entitled “The shared circuits model (SCM): How control, mirroring, and simulation can enable imitation, deliberation, and mindreading” along with responses, has been posted on Susan’s Memorial Conference website.
Free Access to EPISTEME
EUP are offering FREE online access to EPISTEME until the end of February 2009. Register with the site to access the free content. Articles are available in PDF and PDF Plus format. PDF Plus is an enhanced PDF file format in which references are hyperlinked to the abstract for the referenced article on its home publisher website. If you enjoy…
Liberal Education
Stanley Fish in the New York Times blog invokes Michael Oakeshott in considering the debate between education seen in purely instrumental terms vs. education as having intrinsic value as an introduction into the postulates of our culture. Only the other night I caught a news item where everyone was talking in terms of a university…
Extended Mind Thesis Enters Mainstream
The Brain: How Google Is Making Us Smarter Humans are “natural-born cyborgs,” and the Internet is our giant “extended mind.” Science journalist Carl Zimmer writes about the extended mind thesis in the latest issue of Discover. Whatever one might think about the Clark-Chalmers argument, Zimmer offers a well-needed corrective to the recent rash of articles…
George Feaver
It is only recently that I learnt of the passing of George Feaver, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at UBC. He was great bar-room company who could, very articulately and with such aplomb, talk the hind legs off a donkey. Indeed, I recall one time when he had to be “pulled” off…
Studies in Emergent Order
I want to bring your attention to the first issue of the on-line journal Studies in Emergent Order (papers are freely available). I was privileged to attend the recent conference associated with the Journal. A more eclectic and interesting group one couldn’t hope to find. To listen to and chat with Gus diZerega, David Emanuel…
Latest Oakeshott Release from Imprint
The latest in Imprint Academic’s Oakeshott suite is now available – Vocabulary of a Modern European State Essays and Reviews 1953-1988. The table of contents and preface can be found here and Luke O’Sullivan’s editorial introduction can be found here. modern european state
Swarm on the Beeb: Nature’s Incredible Invasions
The BBC are broadcasting a two-part programme on swarm behaviour. It’s worth checking it out for the terrific footage – not having had the sound on, I don’t know if anything conceptually interesting is discussed. I will revisit the programme with sound soon. Click here to view part 1.
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