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black Jews, Colin McGinn, essentialism, personal identity, philosophy of social science, social cognition, social constructivism, social identity, social ontology, sociocognition, sociology, Tudor Parfitt

Social Indentity

Colin McGinn poses a fair question: if Obama is half white why is he considered black? Colin is of course making the point that essentialism in these issues is not sustainable and this is reflected in the variety of very good responses to his question, perspectives that bring in fine-grained distinctions that would have never occured to…

Alzheimer's, Andy Clark, artificial intelligence, Bounds of Cognition, brain damage, Chalmers, cognitive closure, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, computational intelligence, connectionism, consciousness, cyborgs, dementia, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, embodiment, extended mind, metaphysics, mind body, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, personal identity, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy on the radio, psychology, robotics, robots, social cognition, Zoe Drayson

Extended Mind: An Introduction

If you’ve ever heard the term “extended mind” and thought it denoted some sort of hocus pocus, then this recording will set you straight. Zoe Drayson of Bristol University has recorded a superb overview of the notion and the ethical implications arising from it. Zoe’s motivation for coming to this multidisciplinary literature had resonance for…

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Orders and Borders

This past weekend I had the good fortune to be able to attend the Second Conference on Emergent Order and Society held in Portsmouth, NH. The term “conference” doesn’t really characterise the format – it is more akin to a colloquium where the emphasis is on genuine discussion and conversation in an intimate group (18 in all)…

artificial intelligence, cognitive science, complexity, computational intelligence, connectionism, distributed knowledge, epistemology, philosophy of social science, Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson, social cognition, social epistemology, social ontology, sociocognition, sociology, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Computer Simulations in Social Epistemology

I don’t often plug workshops or conferences but here is one that appeals to my interest in social epistemology and computational intelligence. ************************** Workshop on Computer Simulations in Social Epistemology, Leuven, October 30-31 Centre for Logic and Analytical Philosophy The Workshop will be held in Seminar Room 2.41, Van Der Heuvelinstituut, 2nd floor (just to…

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The Social Epistemology of Blogging

Alvin Goldman, the doyen of analytic social epistemology, has a draft paper posted on his website entitled “The Social Epistemology of Blogging.” What’s gratifying to me is that via Richard Posner (whom Goldman cites), Hayek, who I have argued is the social epistemologist par excellence, makes an appearance. I have recently argued that if Hayek was centrally…

cognitive science, cognitive systems research, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychology, social cognition, sociocognition, sociology, swarm intelligence

Top of the Cognitive Systems Research Pops

This is sad, I know – it reminds me of when the “Top of the Pops” actually meant something to us 70s kids! Anyway, I was pleased to learn that 11 of the 13 articles from the themed double issue of Cognitive Systems Research (“Perspectives on Social Cognition“) have appeared in the top 25 most downloaded…

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Social Indentity

As usual, Dan Little has posted some thoughtful reflections on the multifarious tributaries that feed into the complex that is social identity. It brings to mind a recent correspondence I had with someone who was adamant that I call them by their “new” name (legally changed by deed poll), someone who I happened to know under their birth…