stigmergy – Page 16 – manwithoutqualities

In its most generic formulation, stigmergy (an optimization technique) is the phenomenon of indirect communication mediated by modifications of the environment.

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September 8, 2008artificial intelligence, cognition, cognitive modeling, complexity, distributed knowledge, emergence, robotics, robots, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Swarm Intelligence: special issue on Swarm Robotics

Another journal plug – this time for a special issue of Swarm Intelligence on Swarm Robotics. Check out the announcement on Simon Garnier’s blog.

August 8, 2008artificial intelligence, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Swarm Robotics

Here is a BBC report from A.I. XI

July 26, 2008ants, complexity, distributed knowledge, emergence, stigmergy, swarm intelligence, traffic

Swarm intelligence and traffic patterns

Simon Garnier has found and posted a super little swarm vignette on his website. This is as lucid an introduction to swarm intelligence as one is likely to get. Nice one Simon!

May 17, 2008aggregation, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, distributed knowledge, Economics, epistemology, political philosophy, social cognition, social epistemology, sociocognition, sociology, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Formal Modeling in Social Epistemology

I don’t normally plug conferences but this one is unsual in that it falls squarely within my current research interests. Check out the conference webpage here.

May 6, 2008Bounds of Cognition, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, connectionism, consciousness, distributed knowledge, embodiment, extended mind, neurophilosophy, philosophy of mind, psychology, social cognition, social epistemology, sociocognition, stigmergy

Cognitive Scaffolding

This paper by Naomi Rokotnitz from a recently held conference featuring Andy Clark.

April 5, 2008cognitive modeling, cognitive science, connectionism, distributed knowledge, extended mind, hayek, social cognition, social epistemology, social ontology, sociocognition, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Thanks to Simon Garnier I discovered this wonderful website dedicated to representations of complexity. As a social epistemologist I have a particular interest in knowledge networks and social networks. The images that draw upon biology for inspiration are particular compelling – on aesthetic grounds alone. complexity

March 22, 2008Chalmers, cognitive science, Colin McGinn, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, deism, embodiment, metaphysics, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, psychology, religion, science, science wars, social cognition, sociocognition, stigmergy, the "hard" problem, Zygon

The ‘Hard Problem’ – Consciousness, Experience, and Mind

This past Monday I presented a talk to the Advanced Seminar Program at the Chicago-based Zygon Center for Religion and Science and editorial home of the journal Zygon: Journal of Science & Religion. My host was Zygon’s editor Phil Hefner. The theme of this year’s seminar was The ‘Hard Problem’ – Consciousness, Experience, and Mind – my talk dealt…

March 16, 2008Andy Clark, Bounds of Cognition, Chalmers, distributed knowledge, extended mind, journal of mind and behavior, neurophilosophy, stigmergy

Supersizing the Mind

I read on Dave Chalmers’ weblog that he’s written the preface to Andy Clark’s forthcoming Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension. It’s very exciting news that a) there is a new book by Clark, perhaps the best stylist around and that b) Chalmers (and Clark) have returned to considering their thesis of active externalism ten years after…

March 6, 2008Bounds of Cognition, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, connectionism, consciousness, distributed knowledge, Economics, embodiment, epistemology, extended mind, hayek, Heidegger, leslie marsh, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychology, social cognition, social epistemology, sociocognition, stigmergy, swarm intelligence

Perspectives on Social Cognition

Here is the fully published special issue of Cognitive Systems Research Volume 9, Issues 1-2, March 2008 2. Introduction to the special issue “Perspectives on Social Cognition” Cognitive Systems Research, Volume 9, Issues 1-2, March 2008, Pages 1-4 Leslie Marsh and Christian Onof 3. Functionalism and mental boundaries Cognitive Systems Research, Volume 9, Issues…

January 25, 2008cognitive science, distributed knowledge, Economics, epistemology, hayek, liberalism, neurobiology, political philosophy, psychology, reviews, science, social epistemology, stigmergy

The Mind of the Market

Tyler Cowen’s Washington Post review of Michael Shermer’s The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales From Evolutionary Economics.