An open access entry. Wot? No discussion of Simon’s key The Sciences of the Artificial and broad discussion of collective intentionality? Artificial intelligenceBounded Rationalitycognitive closurecollective intentionalitycomplexityDecision makingHerbert Simonheuristicsphilosophy of social sciencesatisficing
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Looking forward to this new offing from Ken Burns — and its Hank Williams’ birthday. country and westernhank williamsken burnsroots music
In the midst of one of the most famous passages in The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith writes “nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog” (WN I.ii.2). In and of itself, this is probably not a noteworthy sentence, but it has always rubbed…
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Given the significance of today’s date, I thought I’d repost details of a collaborator of mine’s paper in Cognitive Systems Research. 9/11Emergencehuman-human stigmergyNetwork topologySelf-organizationSimulationsituated cognitionSmall worldSocial networkSpontaneous orderstigmergicStigmergyTed Lewis
This could be interesting since it includes Cory MacLauchlin’s “A Flaneur in the French Quarter and Beyond: John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy Of Dunces.“ a confederacy of duncesCory MacLauchlinJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literatureT.R. Johnson
The most excellent Rob Rupert’s latest article. (A late draft available here). cognitive systemsdistributed cognitionEmbodied cognitionExtended cognitionExtended MindRob Rupert
This forthcoming title promises to be a fascinating read. Hopefully it delivers. Adam Smithcapitalismclassical liberalismDavid HumeEconomicspolitical economy
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