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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.

November 4, 2008aggregation, artificial intelligence, cognition, cognitive closure, cognitive modeling, cognitive science, complexity, computational intelligence, connectionism, Economics, embodiment, epistemology, evolution, evolutionary biology, hayek, liberalism, liberty, neurobiology, neuroeconomics, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, rationality, relativism, science, social cognition, social constructivism, social epistemology, social ontology, spontanous orders, stigmergy, swarm intelligence, the sensory order, trust

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)…

September 14, 20081, aggregation, alvin goldman, artificial intelligence, blogging, Cass Sunstein, cognition, cognitive modeling, complexity, DEMOCRACY, disagreement, distributed knowledge, Economics, emergence, epistemology, extended mind, hayek, James Surowiecki, neuroeconomics, philosophy of social science, political philosophy, psychology, richard posner, social cognition, social constructivism, social epistemology, social ontology, sociocognition, sociology, stigmergy, swarm intelligence, trust, truth

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…

July 13, 2008albert casullo, arnon keren, episteme, epistemology, inference to the best explanation, jennifer lackey, john greco, jonathan adler, marc moffett, patrick rysiew, paul faulkner, Peter Lipton, philosophy of social science, social epistemology, testimony, trust, truth

Perspectives on Testimony

A reminder: if you haven’t already done so, this special offer has only one week to run (July 21). In addition to the introduction, this issue comprises 10 papers (168 pages). Well worth the effort! Download here EPISTEME homepage

June 6, 2008cognitive science, Jonah Lehrer, memetics, psychology, social cognition, social epistemology, sociocognition, sociology, trust

The Memetics of Bullshit

Jonah Lehrer has a nice article on the memetics of social cognition. So much of what passes for “knowledge” and is transmitted and generated through the media, seems to have this character. This is what I have termed media “glove puppetry” – glossy people with an ideological, sentimental or showbiz hand up their arse.

April 16, 2008arnon keren, authority, autonomy, epistemology, ethics, explanation, jennifer lackey, john greco, jonathan adler, marc moffett, patrick rysiew, paul faulkner, Peter Lipton, social epistemology, testimony, trust, truth

Perspectives on Testimony

Volume 4 Issue 3 of EPISTEME now available – see contents. To subscribe.