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January 9, 2010Andy Clark, ants, austrian economics, behaviorism, Bounds of Cognition, brain, brain science, bruce caldwell, Chalmers, cognition, cognitive closure, cognitive ecology, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, cognitive systems, Colin McGinn, complexity, computational intelligence, concept of mind, consciousness, david chalmers, Dennett, Descartes, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, dualism, Economics, Edelman, Embedded, embodiment, emergence, enactivism, evolutionary psychology, explanation, extended cognitive systems, extended mind, externalism, frame problem, frank rosenblatt, functionalism, Fuster, gerald edelman, Gilbert Ryle, hayek, Inevitability Thesis, intentionality, joaquin fuster, knowing how knowing that, leslie marsh, liberty, memetics, metaphysics, michael oakeshott, mind body, networks, neurobiology, neuroeconomics, neuron, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, particle swarm optimization, philosophy of economics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, plasticity, political philosophy, psychology, rationality, representationalism, science, self-referentiality, situated cognition, social cognition, social connectionism, social constructivism, social epistemology, socialism, sociocognition, sociology, spontaneous order, stigmergic, stigmergy, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence, the "hard" problem, The Road to Serfdom, the sensory order

Hayek: cognitive scientist avant la lettre

Here is the uncorrected proof of my essay – do not cite.

December 18, 2009anthony grayling, brain, brain science, Eliminative Materialism, folk psychology, mind body, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, Neurophysics, neuroscience, new england institute, patricia churchland, philosophy of mind, philosophy on the radio, psychology, qualia

Pat Churchland on Mind and Brain

Pat Churchland interviewed by Anthony Grayling for the BBC World Service. Churchland will be speaking in the Fall of 2010 at the NEI. Pat Churchland

December 10, 2009advances in austrian econmics, behaviorism, brain, brain science, cognitive closure, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, complexity, computational intelligence, concept of mind, connectionism, consciousness, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, dualism, enactivism, evolutionary psychology, extended cognitive systems, extended mind, frame problem, frank rosenblatt, gerald edelman, hayek, joaquin fuster, John Searle, knowing how knowing that, psychology, qualia, roger penrose, steve horwitz, stigmergic, stigmergy, the "hard" problem, the sensory order

Hayek in Mind

Here is an interview with the editors of Advances in Austrian Economics.

December 10, 2009Alva Noë, artificial intelligence, brain, brain science, brian magee, Chalmers, cognition, cognitive closure, cognitive science, cognitive systems, Colin McGinn, complexity, computational intelligence, concept of mind, connectionism, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, david chalmers, Dennett, Descartes, distributed cognition, Embedded, embodiment, enactivism, evolutionary psychology, extended cognitive systems, extended mind, externalism, hubert dreyfus, intentionality, John Searle, Kristof Koch, mirror neurons, neurobiology, neuron, neurophilosophy, Neurophysics, neuroscience, phenomenology, philosophy of mind, psychology, qualia, Robert Lawrence Kuh, roger penrose, the "hard" problem

Closer to Truth: Consciousness

I’m pleased to have discovered a superb website that accompanies the PBS series Closer to Truth. The definitive series on the latest advances in brain, mind, free will, personal identity, alien intelligence, parapsychology, afterlife, and brain-mind critical thinking. Interviewer Robert Lawrence Kuhn does a super job of guiding the discussion for a lay audience and pretty…

December 8, 2009Andy Clark, Bounds of Cognition, brain, brain damage, brain science, cognitive closure, cognitive science, cognitive systems, Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind, consciousness, david chalmers, distributed cognition, extended cognitive systems, extended mind, externalism, journal of mind and behavior, metaphysics, mind body, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, personal identity, philosophy of mind, robert rupert, situated cognition, Supersizing the Mind, the "hard" problem

The Extended Mind Revisited

Here’s a rare treat to hear David Chalmers on the extended mind – typically, it’s been his co-author Andy Clark who has been exploring this idea in great detail. Here is their original paper; stay tuned for Rob Rupert’s review of Andy’s Supersizing the Mind to appear in the Journal of Mind and Behavior (as Chalmers…

December 1, 2009Alzheimer's, brain, brain damage, brain science, dementia, paro, psychology, robotics, robots

Robotic pet

Meet Paro. He’s a robotic seal developed by Japanese researchers to help dementia patients feel that they have companionship and a feeling of security, without the responsibilities of a living pet. (Thanks to Suzie Katz for alerting me to this story). Made to emulate a live pet as much as possible, he can cuddle, nod and…

July 11, 2009active perception, Alastair Hannay, Andy Clark, Barry Dainton, Bounds of Cognition, brain, brain science, Brenda Almond, Brian McLaughlin, cognition, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, cognitive systems, complexity, computational intelligence, connectionism, consciousness, David Cockburn, distributed cognition, Eduard Marbach, Embedded, embodiment, emergence, enactivism, evolutionary psychology, extended mind, Fred Adams, Galen Strawson, Geoffrey Madell, Howard Robinson, Jaegwon Kim, James Giles, Jason Brown, Julian Kiverstein, Ken Aizawa, Leemon McHenry, metaphysics, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, owen flanagan, Peter Simons, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, Pierfrancesco Basile, psychology, religion, situated cognition, social cognition, sociocognition, Stephen Clark, Supersizing the Mind, susan hurley, the "hard" problem, Tim Crane, Timothy Sprigge, William Seager

The Metaphysics of Mind

This past weekend I attended the Timothy Sprigge Memorial Conference (see link to obituary by Jane O’Grady who was in attendence). I met Sprigge in 1997 at the Bradley conference at Harris-Manchester College Oxford, a time when I was very interested in the idealists. Funny how philosophical changes come and go – Sprigge, ever the…

April 28, 2009active perception, Adams & Aizawa, Alva Noë, Alzheimer's, Andy Clark, autonomy, Bounds of Cognition, brain, cognition, cognitive science, collective intentionality, consciousness, cyborgs, Daniel Dennett, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, Embedded, embodiment, Enacted, extended mind, functionalism, Julian Kiverstein, mark rowlands, mind body, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, robert wilson, situated cognition, social cognition, sociocognition, Supersizing the Mind, susan hurley

A Smorgasbord of “Situated” Projects

There is an excellent collection of papers comprising the latest issue of Topoi (Volume 28, Number 1 / March, 2009). I assume that because of the introduction “Mind Embodied, Embedded, Enacted: One Church or Many?” this issue was pulled together by Julian Kiverstein and Andy Clark. They set up the issue by posing the following…

April 1, 2009ants, brain, cognition, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, collaboration, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, consciousness, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, extended mind, Mass Collaboration, neurobiology, particle swarm optimization, robotics, robots, stigmergic, stigmergy, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence

Ants

A human brain has 10,000,000,000 cells so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human. If the human population is 6,760,000,000 (2009) and the ant population is 1 quadrillion 1,000,000,000,000,000 (1999). If my mathematics is correct the brain cell count of the ant population is nearly 4 times that…

March 26, 2009artificial intelligence, billion dollar brain, brain, honeywell, len deighton

Billion Dollar Brain

For my amusement – showing my age, eh? Apparently the “brain” was represented by Honeywell 200 consoles. The cover of Deighton’s novel is far superior (and much more sinister) than the film’s posters.