David Colman – a great loss. A favourite message turned on the belief that science moves forward most significantly and dramatically as a result of “undirected, non-targeted, curiosity-driven research.” McGill obituary Globe & Mail obituary
Here is a survey paper that I was action editor for.
Here are two articles from Science: “Searching for the Google Effect on People’s Memory“ “Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips“ Betsy Sparrow is interviewed here. GoogleWeb search engine
Here’s an article in The Atlantic. Neuroscience is beginning to touch on questions that were once only in the domain of philosophers and psychologists, questions about how people make decisions and the degree to which those decisions are truly “free.” These are not idle questions. Ultimately, they will shape the future of legal theory and…
The first of Nicholas Humphrey’s Pufendorf Lectures plugging his new book. Here is a recent review from the NYT.
Philosophers as you don’t normally see them (they are not going to give up the day job). The in-joke revolves around the zombie thought experiment. On a more formal note, here is Dave Chalmers on a recent radio show.
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Richard Brown (ebullient blogger at Philosophy Sucks!) and Keith Frankish discuss qualia on Philosophy TV. Richard’s dog Frankie chimes in as well.
Here’s a write-up in the New York Times trumpeting a paper that apparently resolves Molyneux’s Problem: Research published online April 10 in the journal Nature Neuroscience may have finally answered the question, which has vexed philosophers and scientists for more than 300 years.
My chum David Livingstone Smith’s latest book is getting some good coverage. The latest review of Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others can be found in Scientific American.
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