On my daily train commute into Boston I was asked by another regular commuter what book I was reading – I showed him Adams’ & Aizawa’s The Bounds of Cognition. After reading the dust jacket blurb he then gave a surprisingly detailed “man on the Clapham omnibus” account of what he took to be “the body…
Papineau’s TLS review of Searle’s Freedom and Neurobiology
Those following the recent McGinn-Honderich review kerfuffle might be interested to read Chomsky’s reticient but nonetheless combative contribution to a symposium on Margaret Boden’s Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science – see an earlier review by Harman. It begins . . . When I was asked to join a symposium on Margaret Boden’s history…
30th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY July 23-26, 2008 Washington DC The Cognitive Science Society wishes it to be known that the deadline for Member Abstract submissions for CogSci 2008 is February 1, the same as all other submission categories. Unlike past practice there will not be an April/May submission opportunity this year.…
The Functionalist’s Dilemma George Lakoff reviews Ray Jackendorf’s Language, Consciousness, Culture: Essays on Mental Structure. Constructing Cognition Ethan Remmel reviews Katherine Nelson’s Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory.
Here is is the uncorrected proof of my review of Mike Wheeler’s excellent book.
This from today’s Jerusalem Post. What’s particularly interesting is that were a biological computer a real possibility, this would vindicate the extended mind thesis. Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob of TAU’s faculty of exact sciences and his research assistant Dr. Itay Baruchi were chosen for their innovative work in brain research and their success in creating a memory-…
I’ve recently become the Associate Reviews Editor of the Journal of Mind and Behavior (JMB). JMB is a well-regarded refereed journal, now in its 27th year, with an impressive subscription base. What I find congenial is that JMB appeals to a multidisciplinary audience, offering a healthy and ecumenical dialogue. Subject areas include: The psychology, philosophy,and sociology of experimentation and…
A nice review of Maggie Boden’s Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science in American Scientist by Gil Harman.
Robert Stickgold from the Center for Sleep and Cognition at the Harvard Medical School here lecturing on sleep, memory consolidation, sleep deprivation, and other relevant disorders from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience (80 minutes). To view click here.
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