Vernon Smith

vernon smith

Happy 95th to Vernon.

STOCKHOLM , SWEDEN – DECEMBER 10: American Dr. Vernon L. Smith poses with his award during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall on December 10, 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Smith shared the prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel with Professor Daniel Kahneman of Israel. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

The Cognitive Dimension

sociology

The always subtle (philosophically, historically, and most especially, sociologically) Stephen Turner. His piece is freely available here.

Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds that Came Before

Christianity

Keep an eye out for this forthcoming compendium, coedited by the very excellent Jessica Hooten Wilson.

Philosophical Haiku: Philo of Alexandria

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Check out this little snippet from Philosophy Now. Simultaneously, via Plato and the Wisdom literature, Philo offered a key theological-philosophical thread to the Fourth Gospel and the Early Church writ large. Moreover, a closer (and neglected) look at the sociology of Philo’s time/context, offers enticing clues for understanding the complexity of modern Jewish identity.

Booker’s Birthday

James Booker

Today marks the birth of the keyboard genius, James Booker. Check out the Booker documentary to learn more about the amazing character that was Booker.

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Karl Friston on embodied cognition

embodied cognition

Karl gives a quick overview of the field with more than a nod to the philosophical aspect. Karl was the one who did an MRI and fMRI scan of me 20 years ago:

The software failed that day and I was stuck in the scanner for at least an hour or so. Not a pleasant experience — very claustrophobic.