I’ve decided to dust off some of the papers from a themed issue that I co-edited five years ago since I happen to be very much in “extended mind” mode just now. First up is Larry Shapiro – below is his into; here is his abstract. 1. Introduction Where are minds? For most people the…
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There are many pretenders around, but this really is still the best. And I hear that an update is in the works. AdaptationismCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionEncyclopedia Of The Cognitive Sciencesneurosciencephenomenologyphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindPsychologyrob wilsonSocial Sciences
Still on Hayek. Having just received my copy, I thought I’d give it another plug. My chapter Mindscapes and Landscapes: Hayek and Simon on Cognitive Extension is in this collection. The full line-up as follows: Foreword; V. Smith Introduction; R. Frantz & R. Leeson Friedrich Hayek’s Behavioural Economics in Historical Context; R. Frantz A Hayekian/Kirznerian Economic History of…
Some extracts from Thierry’s paper: Contemporary analysis usually divides games of chance into three dimensions. In Machina and Schmeidler’s (1992) terms, this division can be viewed based on the example of an urn containing 90 balls of different colors, out of which an agent pulls a ball, of which he must ex ante guess its…
Here are a couple of extracts from Chor-yung’s paper: Friedrich Hayek’s social philosophy is one of the most systematic and sophisticated among the contributions made by 20th-century liberal thinkers. His defense of the free market and individual freedom and his critique of collectivism of various kinds are mainly based on his epistemological theses, which in…
This from NRP coinciding with the publication of Oliver Sacks’ latest book Hallucinations. My interest is in autoscopic phenomena in literature – that is, where does the boundary between the protagonist and the creator lie? Stay tuned. autoscopicCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceEmbodied cognitionOliver Sacksphenomenologyphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindPsychology
The intro and conclusion to Chiara’s chapter: Humans are social creatures and they deeply rely on mentalizing, which aims at understanding other people behaviors and formulating expectations about their future actions. The existence of inner mental states has been postulated to give an explanatory account of the observed behaviors of other individuals. In particular, the activation…
This from The Economist. BrainCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityHuman brainHuman Genome Projectmapping the brainPhilosophy of mind
Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centenary of Herbert Simon’s Birth Edited by Roger Frantz (San Diego State University) and Leslie Marsh (University of British Columbia) Call for Papers Herbert Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was a polymath of the highest order, making significant contributions to sociology, political science, behavioral economics, epistemology, cognitive…
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