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…
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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…
The sixth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Mark Pingle Introduction Our collective rationality became more bounded on February 9, 2001. Herbert Simon emphasized we humans are cognitively constrained, and those constraints impact our decisions. Yet, Herbert Simon’s mind was less constrained than most of…
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A belated happy birthday to Vernon. Adam SmithconstructivismDaniel KahnemanEconomicsNobel Prizesituated cognitionVernon L. Smith
The very excellent Melanie Mitchell in conversation with Russ Roberts. complexitycomputational intelligenceconsciousnessMelanie MitchellPhilosophy of mindRuss Roberts
Paul Elie lecture. Paul Eliephilosophical literaturethe moviegoerWalker Percy
Rajakishore Nath’s newly published paper in the Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research. Alan TuringArtificial intelligencePhilosophy of mindRajakishore NathTuring test
The fifth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Ron Sun The notion of rationality is important to many fields in social and behavioral sciences. Herbert Simon’s seminal work on “bounded rationality” and “satisficing” led to broadened conceptions of rationality, which significantly impacted a number of…
