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The Epistemology of Mass Collaboration

 The new issue of EPISTEME is now available. Table of Contents Special Offer ALL issues free until Feb 28 – hurry now while stocks last :)

ADINA ROSKIES, ALEX STEIN, alvin goldman, AMALIA AMAYA, DALE NANCE, EDWARD STEIN, EMILY MURPHY, episteme, epistemology, evidence, evidence and law, FREDERICK SCHAUER, JENNIFER MNOOKIN, KAREN PETROSKI, LARRY LAUDAN, law, MICHAEL SAKS, RONALD ALLEN, social epistemology, SUSAN HAACK, TENEILLE BROWN, WALTER SINNOTT-ARMSTRONG

Evidence and Law

The latest issue of EPISTEME is a terrific bumper issue devoted to this fascinating topic. As if that’s not news enough, it is available for free download – hurry while stocks last! As plugged by Leiter. Table of Contents – Evidence and Law Special offer – all free issues free until Feb 28 Journal Homepage

episteme, epistemology, social epistemology

Free Access to EPISTEME

EUP are offering FREE online access to EPISTEME until the end of February 2009.  Register with the site to access the free content. Articles are available in PDF and PDF Plus format. PDF Plus is an enhanced PDF file format in which references are hyperlinked to the abstract for the referenced article on its home publisher website. If you enjoy…

Bill Butos, cognitive closure, cognitive science, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, David Emanuel Andersson, David Hardwick, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, emergence, Gus diZerega, hayek, Ilya Bernstein, Jack Sommer, Jacky Mallett, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, reason, Richard Gunderman, Robert Mulligan, social cognition, social epistemology, sociocognition, spontanous orders, steve horwitz, stigmergy, swarm intelligence, Troy Camplin

Studies in Emergent Order

I want to bring your attention to the first issue of the on-line journal Studies in Emergent Order (papers are freely available). I was privileged to attend the recent conference associated with the Journal. A more eclectic and interesting group one couldn’t hope to find. To listen to and chat with Gus diZerega, David Emanuel…

Adrian Vermeule, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, connectionism, hayek, philosophy of social science, social cognition, social epistemology, sociocognition, spontanous orders

Vermeule’s Hayek

In a post on the OUP blog Adrian Vermeule writes: The basic problem with “The Use of Knowledge in Society” is what we might call the Hayek Fallacy: a false comparison between the aggregate product of many minds and the product of a single mind. Perhaps that comparison is relevant in special contexts, such as…

austrian economics, csi, distributed knowledge, DNA, Economics, economist, episteme, epistemology, forensic science, forensics, Roger Koppl, social epistemology, think markets

An Economist’s Insight

Roger Koppl was been banging on about knowledge monopolies for the last year or so. I’ve heard comments to the effect: “What business is it of an economist meddling in the world of forensics?” Roger makes the point crystal clear in a recent posting of his. I quote the punchline: The issue is not getting the…

aggregation, artificial intelligence, Brian Arthur, cognitive science, complexity, computational intelligence, consciousness, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, Economics, El Farol, emergence, extended mind, neuroeconomics, philosophy of social science, social epistemology, social ontology, sociocognition, spontanous orders, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Distributed knowledge and cognition

Once again a superb posting by Vitorino Ramos on his blog. Heretofore I’d not been aware of the existence of hobo signs or the gum election, both of which nicely illustrate the various conceptual lenses associated with distributed cognition/knowledge. I’ll definitely be invoking these ideas.  Good stuff! I also notice another posting about Brian Arthur’s El Farol Bar…

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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…