Network architecture of the long-distance pathways in the macaque brain

Here’s an interesting article by Dharmendra Modha and Raghavendra Singh.

Ernest Gellner

Here is a review of an intellectual biography of Ernest Gellner.

Robert Haskell

(1938-2010)

My friend and colleague Robert Haskell passed away today. Rob was a very gentle, kind and generous man, a man with simple tastes but a man with immense philosophical sophistication. An example of his philosophical breadth and depth is his last published paper “The Access Paradox in Analogical Reasoning and Transfer: Whither Invariance?” Journal of Mind and Behavior (Vol.30 Nos. 1 and 2 Winter and Spring 2009). He will be sadly missed.

Below is a photo of Rob (far right, the usual scowl belying his gentle nature) at a reception for Ruth Millikan at NEI in April of 2008 – David Livingstone Smith, Rob’s longtime colleague and friend is on the far left. As and when more details are available from others on Rob’s work and life, and I have had a chance to reflect on his work, I will update this post.

Qualia, the movie – a preview

Earlier this year I brought your attention to a movie that its producers are trying to bring to fruition. Here is a preview that they have just alerted me to – its not obvious how the notion of qualia fits in – but it’s early days.

Cognitive Science Research: Extended Mind Themed Issue

Here is my introduction to the themed issue of Cognitive Systems Research. The full collection is now available here.


Extended Mind (Yet Again)

The articles comprising the themed issue of Cognitive Systems Research are now available from the publisher’s Articles in Press page.

Note from Elsevier:

The section “Articles in Press” contains peer reviewed accepted articles to be published in this journal. When the final article is assigned to an issue of the journal, the “Article in Press” version will be removed from this section and will appear in the associated published journal issue. The date it was first made available online will be carried over. Please be aware that although “Articles in Press” do not have all bibliographic details available yet, they can already be cited using the year of online availability and the DOI as follows: Author(s), Article Title, Journal (Year), DOI.

Please consult the journal’s reference style for the exact appearance of these elements, abbreviation of journal names and the use of punctuation.

There are three types of “Articles in Press”:

Accepted manuscripts: these are articles that have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by the Editorial Board. The articles have not yet been copy edited and/or formatted in the journal house style.

Uncorrected proofs: these are copy edited and formatted articles that are not yet finalized and that will be corrected by the authors. Therefore the text could change before final publication.

Corrected proofs: these are articles containing the authors’ corrections and may, or may not yet have specific issue and page numbers assigned.

Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind

Here’s a draft of a review by Andreas Elpidorou to appear in Minds and Machines of Rob Rupert’s Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind.

John Haugeland

As most will already know, John Haugeland passed away this week.

“Extended Mind” in Key Terms

Over at Brain Hammer Peter Mandik has posted his entry on Extended Mind from his Key Terms in Philosophy of Mind.