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Colin Klein Reviews Rob Rupert

Check out the ms of Colin Klein’s critical notice (forthcoming in Journal of Mind and Behavior) of Rob Rupert, something I’ve been trailing for some time.

active externalism, aggregation, ants, artificial intelligence, cognition, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, cognitive systems, collaboration, collaborative filtering, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, computational psychology, computer simulations, emergence, extended cognitive systems, extended mind, externalism, spontaneous orders, stigmergic, stigmergic cognition, stigmergy, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence

Swarm Intelligence – free downloads

The publisher of the relatively new journal Swarm Intelligence has made all content freely accessible. I’m not sure how long this offer is good for but it’s an opportunity to sample some of the best work being done in this field. Of course, the editorial board is a “Whose Who” of swarm theorists.

Boundaries of the Mind, Bounds of Cognition, cognition, cognitive science, cognitive systems, consciousness, Embedded, embodied cognition, embodiment, enactivism, extended cognitive systems, extended mind, externalism, individual, mind spread, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, robert wilson, social psychology, sociobiology, sociology

Rob Wilson – Mind Spread

Tune into the live stream of Rob Wilson’s keynote talk at the ARPA. Rob is of course the author of the excellent Boundaries of the Mind.

active externalism, active perception, Andy Clark, cognitive science, cognitive systems, david chalmers, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, enactivism, extended mind, externalism, john sutton, philosophy of mind, richard menary

Extended Mind Down Under

Here is a discussion between two of the major players in the extended mind literature – John Sutton and Richard Menary. “Some philosophers are now arguing that thoughts are not all in the head” – it’s been at least 12 years! But the idea is now spreading like wildfire.

breaking the spell, Christopher Hitchens, cognitive science, consciousness, consciousness explained, Dennett, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, freedom evolves, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, religion, sweet dreams

Big Thinkers: Dennett

Here is a programme featuring Dennett that I hadn’t heretofore come across. Glad to see Dennett as busy and pugnacious as ever after his health scare a while back which he amusingly talks about here. Speaking of health, here is Dennett on Christopher Hitchens. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

active externalism, active perception, Andy Clark, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, extended mind, externalism, Julian Kiverstein, Mirko Farina, Nivedita Gangopadhyay, philosophy of mind

Consciousness in Interaction: The Role of the Natural and Social Context in Shaping Consciousness

My chum Mirko Farina has alerted me to a high-powered collection he and co-author Julian Kiverstein are contributing to. Here is the table of contents. One of the intriguing chapter titles is by Andy Clark. (Mirko tells me the volume has been severely delayed). I’m also looking forward to Mirko’s review of another contributor to this…