EPISTEME 14:4
Volume 15 – Issue 4 – December 2018 now available. EPISTEMEEpistemologyjennifer lackeysocial epistemology
Author: manwithoutqualities
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Formal and computational model of Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand
Recent paper in IEEE Adam Smithcomputational intelligenceemergent orderinvisible handNeural NetworksoptimizationParticle SwarmRobert NozickSpontaneous orderTuring test
Trippy Herbert Simon Lecture Poster
H/T collagedropoutsf Artificial intelligenceCognitive sciencecomputational intelligenceHerbert SimonPhilosophy of LanguagePhilosophy of mindPsychedelic
An Attempt Toward a Natural/Unnatural History of The Lay-Scientific Interface or How Walker Percy Got on the Way to Becoming a Radical (Anthropologist)
In Walker Percy, Philosopher anthropologyCharles Sanders PeirceculturePhilosophy of LanguageScientismScott CunninghamWalker Percy
Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
Published today — this should get some regressive knickers in a twist. In the past century, the tradition of Freudian psychology popularized the idea that our psychological dispositions could be traced to formative childhood experiences. In many areas of modern academic sociology and psychology this belief is still widespread, though it has been extended to…
A rhythm generator based on stigmergy
Interesting to see the theoretical inroads stigmergy is now making into the field of music. [t]he idea for this research is to create a new rhythmic generator technology. This system will be capable of generating multiple lines of percussion that sound natural. The synchronization will be self-organising and thus will be governed by a Stigmergic…
Jesus of Cool
Another fabulous evening in the company of Nick Lowe and the razor-sharp Los Straitjackets. A lovely balanced set from across his amazing back catalogue. I’m pleased to learn that a biography of Nick is forthcoming: here is an interview with biographer Will Birch. country and westernLos Straitjacketsmusicnick lowerockabillyWill Birch
To Take the Writer’s Meaning: An Unpublished Manuscript on “Peirce and Modern Semiotic” by Walker Percy
In Walker Percy, Philosopher Charles Sanders PeirceKenneth Laine KetnersemioticsemioticsWalker Percy
Trailer Park Boys
No finer way to mark Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend than to binge-watch Trailer Park Boys. A quick and informative read about TPB can be found here. A special toast to John Dunsworth whose death just about a year ago was a profound loss to the show. (C’mon Canada, within the year we must get rid…
Provocations
This should be a cracking read. aestheticsCamille PagliacultureLiberal educationregressive left
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