An open access entry. Wot? No discussion of Simon’s key The Sciences of the Artificial and broad discussion of collective intentionality? Artificial intelligenceBounded Rationalitycognitive closurecollective intentionalitycomplexityDecision makingHerbert Simonheuristicsphilosophy of social sciencesatisficing
In our paper Stigmergic Epistemology, Stigmergic Cognition we noted the phenomenon whereby swarm behavior runs the risk of a dysfunctional communal narrowing of attention that can be self-fulfilling. This phenomenon is validated by Jonathan Touboul in his revised paper freely available here. As Touboul rightly says, this phenomenon is found across all domains of collective intentionality…
A giant in social choice theory — the true heir to Condorcet. The NYT obituary. collective intentionalityCondorcetEconomicskenneth arrowsocial choice theorytransitivityvoting paradoxes
Recent working paper — Hayek even cited with some Austrians along with Edelman and Maturana and Varela. Cognitioncollective intentionalitycomplexitydistributed knowledgeDynamic systems theoryGerald Edelmanglobal brainHayekmaturanaNiklas LuhmannSimonsocial ontologySocially distributed cognitionthe sensory orderVarela
Call for papers aestheticscollective intentionalitycomplexitycosmos & taxisExtended MindJazzrationalismsituated cognitionsocial epistemologysocial philosophySpontaneous orderStigmergyWynton Marsalis
Here is the intro to Roger Frantz’ chapter. ~~~~~~~ Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a polymath with several of his key concepts and theories either having modern counterparts and/or “enjoying” empirical support. Smith wrote about the origin and proper use of language, grammar, the history of astronomy and ancient physics, moral philosophy, music, dance, and poetry,…
Here’s a review from NDPR — notwithstanding the reviewer’s criticisms, this may well be a useful update to a longstanding, and often infertile debate. The traditional opposition between social wholes and individuals rings a bit hollow to contemporary ears, not only because the poles of the opposition are only vaguely or ambiguously conceived, nor solely because…
Recent paper coauthored by Pinker, freely available here. altruismCognitive sciencecollective beliefcollective intentionalitycollective knowledgecoordination problemdistributed knowledgePhilosophy of mindprivate knowledgePsychologysocial cognitionsocial epistemologyspeech actssteven pinker
Jennifer Lackey assumes the editorship of EPISTEME. Here is an interview with Jennifer. Here also is the programme for the recent 10th anniversary conference. collective beliefcollective intentionalitycollective knowledgeEPISTEMEEpistemologyjennifer lackeysocial epistemologytestimony
Yet more EM. Artificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceCollective intelligencecollective intentionalitycomplexityconsciousnessdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeExtended MindExternalismPhilosophy of mindsituated cognitionsocial epistemology
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