This article from the latest issue of JMB. CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessDavid Chalmersdualismmind-bodymind-brainpanpsychismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindqualia
This slight piece from NPR Artificial intelligenceCognitioncognitive closureCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceColin McGinnconsciousnessDavid ChalmersHard problem of consciousnessmind-bodyPhilosophy of mindRay Kurzweilthomas nagel
Another interesting paper by Shaun (OK, I know the image is associated with William’s classic work but I like the image and it’s salient). . CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceExtended MindExternalismmetaphysicspersonal identityphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindShaun Gallagher
Touching a Nerve. It was a pleasure to attend a series of talks by Pat last year. Below is a filmed record of one of those talks. BrainCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessidentitymoralityNeurophilosophyneurosciencePatricia Churchlandphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindtouching a nerve
This from Philosophy of Brains. In this age of histrionics, he was a thoughtful, honest, and thorough thinker. He was often more thorough in discussing the weaknesses of his position than the people who thought they were providing original critiques of his work. CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEpistemologyFred Dretskephilosophical psychologyPhilosophyPhilosophy of mind
Here is the intro to Don’s paper: This essay concerns the role of economics in the interdisciplinary study of social cognition. Increasingly many economists believe that economics has such a role. Most who hold this opinion do so because they think that, to some extent, important parts of microeconomics should collapse into psychology. They think this…
Footnotes 2 Plato CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionEvan ThompsonExtended Mindnaturalismowen flanaganPhilosophy of mindsituated cognition
Jeff Hawkins interview. Here’s what we do inside Grok: we build this 60,000-neuron neural network that emulates a very small part of one layer of the neocortex. It’s about a thousandth the size of a mouse brain and a millionth the size of a human brain. So: not super-intelligent, but we’re using the principle by…
Keynote talk by Andy for the 9th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication. Andy appears @ 11:57 active externalismAndy ClarkCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismneurosciencePerceptionphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
Yet more EM. Artificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceCollective intelligencecollective intentionalitycomplexityconsciousnessdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeExtended MindExternalismPhilosophy of mindsituated cognitionsocial epistemology
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