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
This in Synthese freely available here. We introduce the Ant Colony Test (ACT) as a rigorous reverse test for consciousness. We show that social insect colonies, though disaggregated collectives, fulfill many of the prerequisites for conscious awareness met by humans and honey bee workers. However only a small fraction of neurons in the brain might be…
Open access article. complexitycomputational intelligencedistributed knowledgeSelf-organizationsocial epistemologyspontaneous ordersStigmergy
Well distilled. Complex adaptive systemcomplexityConservatismembedded liberalismFriedrich HayekNassim Nicholas Talebrationality
Thierry Aimar’s chapter. complexityEntrepreneurshipFriedrich HayekHayekHayek in MindKirznerLachmannneuroeconomicsphilosophical psychologySensory OrderThierry Aimar
Chor-yung’s chapter. chor-yung cheungcomplexityembedded liberalismFriedrich HayekHayek in MindLiberalismphilosophical psychologySensory OrderSociality
Chiara Chelini’s chapter. Chiara Chelinicomplexitydistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeFolk psychologyFriedrich HayekHayek in Mindmirror neuronsphilosophical psychologySelf-organizationSensory OrderSimulation-theorySocialityspontaneous orders
I highly recommend Penrose’s classic The Emperor’s New Mind and the follow-up Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness. I had the pleasure of meeting Penrose via an Imperial-based collaborator/chum of mine at an Imperial College lecture soon after the release of TENM. It’s quite extraordinary that Rogan as the proverbial geezer on…
We are pleased to announce that C+T is now listed on Santa Fe Institute’s Complexity Explorer, the preeminent curated open access site for complexity studies of a technical and non-technical nature. Whether you want to get some basic understanding of complexity in its many guises or you are looking to refresh your extant knowledge, there is…
This volume caught my eye primarily for Ronald Kline’s chapter “Mathematical Models of Technological and Social Complexity.” complexitycomputational modelingcyberneticsHerbert SimonJay Forresterphilosophy of social scienceStafford BeerSystem dynamics
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