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October 4, 2010barry smith, brain, brain science, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, neurobiology, neuron, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychology, qualia

The Mysteries of the Brain

Here is Barry Smith talking on the BBC World Service on The Mysteries of the Brain.

September 9, 2010brain, brain damage, brain scans, brain science, child brain development, cognitive science, neuron, Neurophysics, neuroscience

Child Brain Development

Neuron is offering free access to this issue until Oct 8.

August 25, 2010anthony grayling, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, mri, neuron, neurophilosophy, Neurophysics, neuroscience

Grayling on neurophilosophy

Here’s a brief view of neurophilosophy from Anthony Grayling in The Philosopher’s Magazine.

August 13, 2010cognitive science, connectionism, consciousness, cybernetics, hayek, joaquin fuster, memory, networks, neurobiology, neuron, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, the sensory order

I recently had the honor and good fortune to be on the same panel as neuroscientist Joaquin Fuster. We had been in correspondence over the years: the intellectual generosity of this man, one of the giants in the field, knows no bounds. I was thrilled to finally meet him in person. Below are some shots…

May 13, 2010Bobby McFerrin, cognitive science, Daniel Levitin, Jamshed Barucha, John Schaefer, Lawrence Parsons, mri and music, music, neuron, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, world science festival

Notes and Neurons

World Science Festival featuring Bobby McFerrin, best known as the writer and performer of one of my favourite songs Don’t worry be happy. Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment? Join host John Schaefer, Jamshed Barucha, scientist Daniel Levitin, Professor Lawrence…

March 11, 2010Andy Clark, Bounds of Cognition, brain, Chalmers, cognition, cognitive science, complexity, consciousness, david chalmers, Dennett, emergence, epistemology, extended mind, folk psychology, frank Jackson, functionalism, mind body, neuron, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, phenomenology, philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, psychology, qualia, representationalism, Supersizing the Mind, the "hard" problem, tim bayne

The Character of Consciousness

Surely the biggest publishing event in mind – well since this one.

February 12, 2010aesthetics, brain, brain scans, brain science, category error, cognition, cognitive science, connectionism, consciousness, Descartes, fMRI, ghost in the machine, homunculus, mind body, neurobiology, neuron, neurophilosophy, Neurophysics, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychology, qualia, Susan Aldworth

Art and the Nature of Consciousness

Check out the terrific work of artist Susan Aldworth. Her artistry emerges from both a philosophical and an empirical sensibility. See here for a brief profile and artist’s statement.

January 20, 2010active perception, Alva Noë, Andy Clark, artificial intelligence, brain science, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, david chalmers, distributed cognition, Embedded, embodiment, enactivism, Galen Strawson, Howard Robinson, intentionality, Jesse Prinz, Michael Tye, mind body, Ned Bloch, neurobiology, neuron, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, optical illusions, Phenomenal Qualities Project, philosophy of mind, psychology, qualia, representationalism, Shaun Gallagher, situated cognition, social cognition, sociocognition, synesthesia, the "hard" problem, Tim Crane

The Phenomenal Qualities Project

I want to bring your attention to The Phenomenal Qualities Project. With a Whose Who of theorists involved, it promises to offer a wonderful forum for ecumenical discussion: Objectives: There are four main objectives. To investigate a set of fundamental questions concerning phenomenal qualities – such as the colours, sounds and so on, of which we…

January 9, 2010Andy Clark, ants, austrian economics, behaviorism, Bounds of Cognition, brain, brain science, bruce caldwell, Chalmers, cognition, cognitive closure, cognitive ecology, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, cognitive systems, Colin McGinn, complexity, computational intelligence, concept of mind, consciousness, david chalmers, Dennett, Descartes, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, dualism, Economics, Edelman, Embedded, embodiment, emergence, enactivism, evolutionary psychology, explanation, extended cognitive systems, extended mind, externalism, frame problem, frank rosenblatt, functionalism, Fuster, gerald edelman, Gilbert Ryle, hayek, Inevitability Thesis, intentionality, joaquin fuster, knowing how knowing that, leslie marsh, liberty, memetics, metaphysics, michael oakeshott, mind body, networks, neurobiology, neuroeconomics, neuron, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, particle swarm optimization, philosophy of economics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, plasticity, political philosophy, psychology, rationality, representationalism, science, self-referentiality, situated cognition, social cognition, social connectionism, social constructivism, social epistemology, socialism, sociocognition, sociology, spontaneous order, stigmergic, stigmergy, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence, the "hard" problem, The Road to Serfdom, the sensory order

Hayek: cognitive scientist avant la lettre

Here is the uncorrected proof of my essay – do not cite.

January 4, 2010Alzheimer's, brain damage, brain science, networks, neurobiology, neuron, neurophilosophy, Neurophysics, neuroscience, new york times

How to Train the Aging Brain

Here’s an article from the New York Times The brain, as it traverses middle age, gets better at recognizing the central idea, the big picture. If kept in good shape, the brain can continue to build pathways that help its owner recognize patterns and, as a consequence, see significance and even solutions much faster than…