Pinker Interview
Introduction to Pinker’s thought (59 minutes)
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Fuster Lecture: Cortical Dynamics of Working Memory
Cortical Dynamics of Working Memory (73 minutes)
Edelman Lecture: From Brain Dynamics to Consciousness
From Brain Dynamics to Consciousness (86 minutes) Edelman is one of the few cognitive scientists who appreciate Hayek.
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…
Protected: Social Organicism in the Political Philosophy of Bernard Bosanquet
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Stigmergic Epistemology, Stigmergic Cognition
Final pre-press version of this paper is now available. Stigmergy
Susan Hurley
I was saddened to learn of the death of Susan Hurley today. Here is Alexander Bird’s announcement: I am very sorry to inform you of the death last night of Professor Susan Hurley. Susan had been suffering from cancer for some time and faced her illness with remarkable dignity. She continued to work until very…
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…
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…
Real People: Personal Identity without Thought Experiments
I have always thought that the topic of personal identity (PI) was the most fascinating topic in metaphysics and perhaps in all of philosophy. Furthermore, this view was enhanced by the consistently high quality of the PI literature attracting the likes of historical thinkers such as Locke, Butler and Hume – and recent thinkers such as Strawson (Peter), Williams,…
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