Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence
The very excellent Melanie Mitchell in conversation with Russ Roberts. complexitycomputational intelligenceconsciousnessMelanie MitchellPhilosophy of mindRuss Roberts
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Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer Seen Again
Paul Elie lecture. Paul Eliephilosophical literaturethe moviegoerWalker Percy
Alan Turing’s Concept of Mind
Rajakishore Nath’s newly published paper in the Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research. Alan TuringArtificial intelligencePhilosophy of mindRajakishore NathTuring test
Rationality and the true human condition
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…
Gertrude Himmelfarb 1922 – 2019
The Atlantic National Review AEI National Review WSJ NYT City Journal Gertrude Himmelfarbhistory of ideasvictorian
Carl Menger and Classical Liberalism: Call for Papers
Cosmos + Taxis Carl Mengerclassical liberalismcosmos & taxis
Burke’s Enlightenment: Commerce, Virtue, and Civilization
Due May 2020. capitalismEconomicsEdmund BurkeGregory M. Collinspolitical economyPolitical philosophyScottish Enlightenment
From The Sciences of the Artificial to Cognitive History
The fourth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Subrata Dasgupta It is well known that Herbert Simon was a 20th century scientific polymath who made seminal contributions to the social sciences, behavioral sciences, design theory, computer science, and the philosophy of science (Dasgupta, 2003a, 2003b).…
The Brain Senses Touch beyond the Body
Write up on Miller et al’s recent work in Scientific American. Cognitive neuroscienceemboldenedneurosciencesituated cognition
The Beginnings of Behavioral Economics
My chum and sometime collaborator Roger Frantz has a new book out. Amos TverskyBehavioral economicsDaniel KahnemanFriedrich HayekGeorge KatonaHarvey LeibensteinHerbert SimonRichard Thalerroger frantzX-efficiency theory
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