Here’s a film that I chanced upon (I haven’t seen it yet). Once upon a time there was a world full of meaning, focused by exemplary figures in the form of gods and heroes, saints and sinners. How did we lose them, or, might they still be around, in the form of modern day masters,…
This from Footnote1 (H/T to Rob Wilson for this). Cognitioncolin AllenconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismIntelligencePhilosophy of mindsituated cognitionStigmergy
This interview from New Philosopher I don’t read much philosophy, it upsets me when I read the nonsense written by my contemporaries, the theory of extended mind makes me want to throw up…so mostly I read works of fiction and history. Artificial intelligenceBrainChinese RoomCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessExtended MindExternalismJohn SearlePhilosophy of mindqualiathe “hard” problem of consciousness
Here’s a paper by David Weinbaum that invokes stigmergy, my first mention of stigmergy and the global brain this year. Cognitive sciencecomplexitydistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeExtended Mindglobal brainNetwork Sciencenetwork theoryPhilosophy of mindSpontaneous orderStigmergy
Here’s an interesting article, the first EM article of the year, from Joel Krueger (Joel by the way also contributed to the Zygon syposium on EM). CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessdistributed cognitionEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismjoel kruegermusicphenomenologyphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
This from the latest issue of Neuroethics December 2013, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. 593-605. Andy ClarkArtificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessDavid Chalmersdistributed knowledgeEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismNeuroethicsPhilosophy of mindsituated cognition
Here is yet another recent EMT or HEC book that I chanced upon. Andy ClarkCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessDavid Chalmersdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindqualiasituated cognition
At the beginning of this year Evan Thompson whose thinking has been very influential upon me gave this lecture. Bumping into Evan the other day reminded me of the forthcoming book he mentioned then, which upon its publication, I’ll have reviewed in The Journal of Mind and Behavior where his superb Mind in Life was reviewed by Dorothée…
Georg Theiner has made available a draft copy of his intro to a special issue (Writing in Mind) “Language, Literacy, and Media Theory: Exploring the Cultural History of the Extended Mind“. I notice that he references Marshall McLuhan whose famous slogan “the medium is the message” informs the start-up company that I’m the co-founder of. Georg…
Paul Thagard takes the piss. active externalismAndy ClarkCognitive scienceDavid ChalmersExtended Mindpaul thagardPhilosophy of mindsituated cognition
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