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Bounds of Cognition, cognitive science, connectionism, consciousness, distributed knowledge, embodiment, epistemology, explanation, extended mind, neurophilosophy, personal identity, philosophy of social science, political philosophy, psychology, relativism, robert wilson, social cognition, social constructivism, social epistemology, social identity, social ontology, sociocognition, sociology

The Individual in the Fragile Sciences: Sociality

I received a message from Rob Wilson one of the most talented and broad-ranging philosopher-scientists around. He was updating me on what he’s been up to of late. He brought two things to my attention. 1. Rob has begun drafting the third instalment to his trilogy which he’s entitled Blood is Thicker than Water, nicht wahr? Terra Socialis: The Individual…

Bounds of Cognition, brain damage, cognitive science, connectionism, consciousness, distributed knowledge, embodiment, extended mind, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, personal identity, philosophy of mind, psychology, scientific american, social cognition, sociocognition, the "hard" problem

I am a strange loop

Wonderful to see Douglas Hofstadter’s book I Am a Strange Loop win an LA Times Book Award. What passess as the literati these days needs to be exposed to a mind that is highly cultured, literary and that has unforced conceptual depth. See the Scientific American and the JASSS reviews from last year. Douglas Hofstadter

Andy Clark, Bounds of Cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, cyborgs, extended mind, iron man, kevin warwick, neurophilosophy, philosophy of mind, robots, Steve Jacobsen

Cyborg

With the film Iron Man about to be released, the Hollywood publicity machine has hit full stride. Despite the symbiotic relationship of Hollywood to glossy magazine culture, there are occasionally some interesting articles to be found. One such article is the May edition of Popular Science. What’s being discussed is Exoskeleton technology – something that has…

cognitive modeling, cognitive science, connectionism, distributed knowledge, extended mind, hayek, social cognition, social epistemology, social ontology, sociocognition, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Visual Complexity

Thanks to Simon Garnier I discovered this wonderful website dedicated to representations of complexity. As a social epistemologist I have a particular interest in knowledge networks  and  social networks. The images that draw upon biology for inspiration are particular compelling – on aesthetic grounds alone. complexity

Andy Clark, Bounds of Cognition, Chalmers, distributed knowledge, extended mind, journal of mind and behavior, neurophilosophy, stigmergy

Supersizing the Mind

I read on Dave Chalmers’ weblog that he’s written the preface to Andy Clark’s forthcoming Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension. It’s very exciting news that a) there is a new book by Clark, perhaps the best stylist around and that b) Chalmers (and Clark) have returned to considering their thesis of active externalism ten years after…

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Perspectives on Social Cognition

Here is the fully published special issue of Cognitive Systems Research Volume 9, Issues 1-2, March 2008   2. Introduction to the special issue “Perspectives on Social Cognition” Cognitive Systems Research, Volume 9, Issues 1-2, March 2008, Pages 1-4 Leslie Marsh and Christian Onof     3. Functionalism and mental boundaries Cognitive Systems Research, Volume 9, Issues…