A Beginner’s Guide to Embodied Cognition
A very basic overview of embodied cognition in Science News. Why do so many researchers insist on cutifying or the Spielbergerization of robots?
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Supersizing the Mind
Good news. Andy Clark’s eagerly awaited book Supersizing the Mind is now available. I notice that Clark and Chalmers’ “The Extended Mind” is reprinted here as well. Groovy Dali-esque cover! (Now that I actually have the book in my hands, I see that it is a Dali painting). Something to look forward to will be…
Oakeshott Website
The Michael Oakeshott Association website has been pretty much reconstituted after a technical hiccup. The domain is no longer .org; it is .com. Some wise guy has got the .org URL – THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL Oakeshott website. The MOA .com version is content-rich and has the backing of a whose who of Oakeshott…
Swarm Markets
Check out a preeminent swarm theorist’s take on the current turmoil on the financial markets. Makes a refreshing change from the sort of analysis you’d see elsewhere.
J.S. Mill Biography
A New Yorker piece by Adam Gopnik: more a précis than a review but nonetheless quite interesting. Though the target book is touted as an intellectual biography, one doesn’t get that sense, at least from Gopnik. A recent benchmark for an intellectual biography is Bruce Caldwell’s Hayek’s Challenge.
Body Consciousness
Joel Parthemore’s well considered review of Richard Shusterman’s A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics. The current fashion, in certain circles of cognitive science and philosophy of mind, is to talk up the importance of embodiment and enshrine it in lots of well-considered theories without grasping the irony of pursuing what is, on the surface at…
Overview of Stigmergy
Here is a slideshow giving an overview of the concept of stigmergy and its applications.
Putnam on Jewish Philosophy
Here is an interesting insight into Putnam’s conciliation of being a Jewish philosopher with his being a philosopher. This brief interview is to plug his latest book Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life.
Rare Late Oakeshott Photograph
Durham c. 1985
Grayling vs. Fuller on Intelligent Design
In the latest issue of the New HumanistAnthony Grayling pulls no punches in attacking Steve Fuller’s latest book. Steve Fuller responds; Grayling comes back. Part 1: Grayling – Origin of the specious Part 2: Fuller – Against the faith Part 3: Grayling – Bolus of nonsense A month ago, I did say that this controversy will run and…
