Popper documentary
Dutch television documentary (only narration is in Dutch) (29 minutes)
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Andrew Sullivan Lecture: On conservatism
Andrew Sullivan, a fascinating melange of Oakeshottian (and a dash of Hayekeanism), gay activist and practicing Catholic, here discussing his book The Conservative Soul. Andrew’s target is primarily the co-option of religious fundamentalism into the public arena – a cast of mind that is neither religious nor political, nor indeed “conservative” since these folk have a radical agenda. For more on…
Introduction to Hayek
Introduction to Hayek – Hayek: Freedom’s Philosopher – Fighting the Planners (36 minutes) Inside the Hayek Equation – Hayek interview, Stanford 197? (30 minutes)
Dennett’s Popular Lecture Series
Dennett on top form: Can we know our own minds? (23 minutes) ==================================== 1. Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (60 minutes) 2. The Magic of Consciousness (56 minutes) The following readings are highly relevant to the Extended Mind and stigmergy literature 3. Kind of Minds Pt 1 What Kinds of Minds Are There? (37 minutes) 4. Kinds…
Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets
I’d like to plug a book co-authored by a correspondent of mine, Lila Rajiva. The subject matter should have some appeal to swarm theorists and others interested in complexity theory be they economists or political theorists. Lila Rajiva offers the following outline of the book’s subject matter. ============================================ Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets (Bill Bonner and…
EPISTEME: Dartmouth 2008
Details of the fifth annual EPISTEME conference are now available here.
EPISTEME: website revamp
The website for EPISTEME: Journal of Social Epistemology has been revamped. There are still a few things that need to be tweaked and updated. Please sign up for EPISTEME‘s list serv to receive contents alerts, CFP announcements, conference news and other social epistemology news.
Stigmergic Epistemology, Stigmergic Cognition
Final pre-press version of this paper is now available. Stigmergy
Perspectives on Social Cognition: Contents
Special Issue of Cognitive Systems Research – Perspectives on Social Cognition Some papers are now available as pre-press versions. 1. Introduction to Perspectives on Social Cognition – Leslie Marsh & Christian Onof 2. Functionalism and mental boundaries – Lawrence Shapiro 3. Consciousness and the social mind – Philip Robbins 4. Social relationships and groups: New…
Swarm Theory Enters Mainstream
I was alerted by fellow swarm theorist Simon Garnier to an introduction to swarm theory in the latest issue of National Geographic Magazine. This is just the latest in the popularization of swarm theory: previous instances being Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000) and Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are…
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