Spiders think with their webs
With the help of their webs, spiders are capable of foresight, planning, learning and other smarts that indicate they may possess consciousness. — New Scientist consciousnessExtended cognitionsituated cognitionStigmergy
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Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence
The very excellent Melanie Mitchell in conversation with Russ Roberts. complexitycomputational intelligenceconsciousnessMelanie MitchellPhilosophy of mindRuss Roberts
Intelligence May Not Be Computable
My sometime collaborator, Ted Lewis, has co-authored this piece in American Scientist. AIcomputational intelligenceconsciousnessMachine learningneurosciencePhilosophy of mindTed Lewis
The Journal of Mind and Behavior: Vol. 40, No. 2
Featuring three reviews that I commissioned. biophilosophychessCognitive scienceconsciousnessdavid livingstone smithEmbodied cognitionFernand Gobetjournal of mind and behaviorPhilosophy of mind
Adam Smith on Sensory Perception: A Sympathetic Account
The aim of this chapter is to propose an account of sensory perception from the known writings of Adam Smith, chiefly his juvenile work, “On the External Senses.” This account asserts that when we perceive an object we simulate its painful or pleasurable effects on our body—we imaginatively place ourselves in proximity to the object and…
Indulgent Sympathy and the Impartial Spectator
Cognitive neuroscience is in the midst of what has been called an “affective revolution,” which places empathy at the center of a core set of moral competencies. While empathy has not been without its critics (Bloom, 2013; Prinz, 2011), both the radicals and the reactionaries routinely cite Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS)…
Why I Am Not a Buddhist
Due in January of 2020. For more on Evan’s work see his website. There are conferences, courses, and celebrities promoting the notion that Buddhism is spirituality for the rational; compatible with cutting-edge science; indeed, “a science of the mind.” In this provocative book, Evan Thompson argues that this representation of Buddhism is false. BuddhismconsciousnessEmbodied cognitive…
