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Dennett’s Popular Lecture Series

 Dennett on top form: Can we know our own minds? (23 minutes)   ==================================== 1. Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (60 minutes)  2. The Magic of Consciousness (56 minutes) The following readings are highly relevant to the Extended Mind and stigmergy literature 3. Kind of Minds Pt 1 What Kinds of Minds Are There? (37 minutes) 4. Kinds…

cognitive science, consciousness, philosophy of mind

How the body shapes the mind

Some thoughts on Shaun Gallagher’s How the Body Shapes the Mind, Oxford University Press What’s the ugliest Part of your body? What’s the ugliest Part of your body? Some say your nose Some say your toes But I think it’s your MIND… I think it’s your mind                                                                                                        (Frank Zappa, 1968)   Shaun Gallagher marshals…

cognitive science, consciousness, editorial projects, extended mind, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, social epistemology, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Perspectives on Social Cognition: Contents

Special Issue of Cognitive Systems Research – Perspectives on Social Cognition Some papers are now available as pre-press versions. 1. Introduction to Perspectives on Social Cognition – Leslie Marsh & Christian Onof 2. Functionalism and mental boundaries – Lawrence Shapiro 3. Consciousness and the social mind – Philip Robbins 4. Social relationships and groups: New…