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June 12, 2012social epistemology, social identity, sociocognition, sociology

Three Rival Views of Tradition (Arendt, Oakeshott and MacIntyre)

A recent paper from Journal of the Philosophy of History. Alasdair MacIntyrecomplexityEpistemologyExtended MindHannah ArendtMichael OakeshottPhilosophyPhilosophy of historySocial SciencesSpontaneous orderTradition

June 10, 2012companion to michael oakeshott, companion to oakeshott, corey abel, david boucher, elizabeth corey, geoffrey thomas, kenneth mcintyre, kenneth minogue, martyn thompson, Noël Malcolm, Noël O’Sullivan, philosophical jurisprudence, philosophy of education, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, rationalism in politics, Robert Devigne, robert grant, situated cognition, social cognition, social epistemology, social identity, Steven Gerencser, timothy fuller

Companion to Oakeshott

At last PSUP have published the contents. ConversationMichael OakeshottNoel MalcolmOakeshottPaul FrancoPhilosophyPolitical philosophyThomas Hobbes

December 3, 2011cognitive science, nature-nurture, neurobiology, neuromania, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, social constructivism, social identity, social psychology, sociobiology, sociocognition

Sex on the Brain

Hat-tip to my chum David Livingstone Smith for bringing my attention to this article in Slate. genderneurosciencesex

September 10, 2011Christian List, cognitive systems, collaboration, collective intentionality, collective knowledge, group agency, Philip Pettit, philosophy of mind, philosophy of social science, social epistemology, social facts, social identity, social networking, social ontology, social psychology

Group agency

Here’s a recent co-authored book from Christian List. CL is probably the leading theorist in this area and one of the best philosophers around who, not so long ago, was not affiliated with a philosophy department (I see that he now has a joint appointment with the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method). How…

February 4, 2011capital, collective intentionality, Hernando de Soto, institutional facts, language, philosophy of social science, political obligation, political philosophy, property rights, rule following, Searle, social constructivism, social facts, social identity, social ontology, social reality, speech acts

Smith on Searle and De Soto

A fascinating talk by (ontology kingpin) Barry Smith entitled “John Searle and Hernando de Soto: The Mystery of Capital and the Construction of Social Reality.“

October 1, 2010Amanda Nosko, constructivism, disclosure, Eileen Wooda, facebook, philosophy of social science, privacy, psychology, recommendation algorithm, Seija Molema, social cognition, social connectionism, social constructivism, social epistemology, social facts, social identity, social networking, social ontology, social psychology, spontaneous order, stigmergic, stigmergic cognition, stigmergy, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence, trust, truth

All about me: Disclosure in online social networking profiles: The case of FACEBOOK

With today’s release of the film The Social Network some might be interested in a recent academic study published in Computers in Human Behavior.

March 29, 2009A Constitution of Many Minds, Boston Globe, Cass Sunstein, constitutional, constitutionalism, hermeneutics, Mickey Edwards, philosophical jurisprudence, political philosophy, social epistemology, social identity

A Constitution of Minds

In today’s Boston Globe Mickey Edwards reviews Cass Sunstein’s latest book A Constitution of Many Minds. Though I haven’t read the book, Edwards’ rather snippy and ill-informed review calls for some comments. ***************** If “A Constitution of Many Minds” reveals anything, it is that its author may teach about constitutionalism but he is at heart…