The second in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Robert D. Rupert One can hardly underestimate Herbert Simon’s influence on contemporary cognitive science and empirically oriented philosophy of mind. Working with collaborators at Carnegie Mellon and the Rand Corporation, he wrote Logic Theorist and General Problem…
My chum Péter Érdi has a new book about to be published, endorsed by none less than Albert-László Barabási. Albert-László Barabásicomplexitycomputational intelligencePéter ÉrdirankingSocial network
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
Nathan Ballantyne’s soon to be published Knowing Our Limits seems a promising read for those of us who write about issues of epistemic modesty, dispersed knowledge and complexity. Bounded Rationalitycomplexitydispersed knowledgeepistemic modestyEpistemologyNathan Ballantynesituated cognitionsocial epistemology
Open access. Amos TverskyBounded RationalityCognitive sciencecomplexityDaniel KahnemanElinor OstromGerd GigerenzerHerbert Simonheuristicsorganization theoryrationalismsatisficingsituated cognition
Coming soon. Complex adaptive systemcomplexitycomputational social scienceEmergenceStigmergySwarm intelligence
Coming soon. ARTICLES Organization, Anticipation, and Closure in Markets and Science — Thomas J. McQuade A Critique of Capitalism, from an Austrian Perspective — Gus diZerega SPECIAL SECTION 25 years since the death of Karl Popper — Danny Frederick a. Identity Politics, Irrationalism, and Totalitarianism: Karl Popper and the contemporary malaise. b. The Relevance of…
The always interesting Tom Froese in this just published co-authored open access essay. Artificial intelligenceArtificial LifecomplexityDynamic systems theoryenactivismmeaningMind–body problemroboticssituated cognitionTom Froese
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…
As ever, anything that Tom Froese is a part of, is worthy of attention. This just published article is made feely available here. agent-based modelingCognitive neurosciencecomplexityEmbodied cognitionenactivismsituated cognitionTom Froese
manwithoutqualities 