Was Herbert Simon The 20th Century’s Galileo?
James H. Morris in the Pittsburgh Quarterly Magazine. Artificial intelligencecomplexitycomputational intelligenceDaniel KahnemanHerbert Simon
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Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong
Stay tuned for this forthcoming book, a follow up to the superb What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years. The book’s webpage is here. JazzLouis ArmstrongmusicRicky Riccardi
Mr. Toole
Surprisingly enough, I hadn’t come across this before. Apparently the playwright was a student of Toole’s. If you are a Confederacy fan catch the show here. a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansVivian Neuwirth
From Bounded Rationality to Expertise
The ninth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Fernand Gobet Introduction Historically, a pervasive assumption in the social sciences, in particular economics, is that humans are perfect rational agents. Having full access to information and enjoying unlimited computational resources, they maximise utility when…
Companion to Wisdom Literature
Due to drop in March — featuring of course, Philo of Alexandria. fourth gospelhellenismJewish Identitylogosphilo of alexandriaPlatoseptuagintwisdom literature
McTaggart’s philosophy of time
Nice explication by Emily Thomas of McTaggart’s classic argument for the unreality of time. It was Michael Dummett who reinvigorated interest in McTaggart after decades of neglect. British IdealismMcTaggartmetaphysicsMichael Dummetttime
Herbert Simon and Agent-Based Computational Economics
The seventh in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Shu-Heng Chen and Ying Fang Kao Herbert Simon is a quintessential interdisciplinary scholar who has made pioneering contributions concerning the notion of bounded rationality, has built models based on it, and has also made important advances in…
The Great Escape Motorcycle Jump
Yet another Christmas viewing of “The Great Escape”, this time with the twofold expertise of Bud Ekins and Guy Martin firmly in mind. The former was the stunt double for McQueen orchestrating the original jump; the latter, all round good egg Guy Martin. And if two wheels is your thing, you probably already know that…
Theology and Geometry: Essays on John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces
Webpage now up. a confederacy of duncesBoethiusJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
Bourbon, Moral Philosophy and Christianity
After one glass of bourbon, we agreed that our work consisted largely of reminding moral philosophers of truths about human life which are very well known to virtually all adult human beings except moral philosophers. After further glasses of bourbon, we agreed that it was less than clear that this was the most useful way…
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