Hayek, Popper, and the Causal Theory of the Mind
Ed Feser’s contribution. causal theory of mindedward feserFred DretskeFriedrich HayekHayek in MindHilary PutnamJerry FodorKarl Popperphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
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Hayek, Connectionism, and Scientific Naturalism
The very excellent Josh Rust won the publisher’s prize for his chapter. computationalismConnectionismFriedrich HayekHayek in MindJerry FodorJohn Searlejoshua rustnaturalismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindthe sensory orderzenon pylyshyn
Jerry Fodor
Obit (of sorts) in LRB but well worth reading his IEP entry. Update: here is the NYT obit. I hate relativism. I hate relativism more than I hate anything else, excepting, maybe, fiberglass powerboats… surely, surely, no one but a relativist would drive a fiberglass powerboat. Cognitive sciencefunctionalismJerry FodorPhilosophy of mindrepresentationalism
Picking Holes in the Concept of Natural Selection
Evan Thompson reviews two of the most controversial books of recent years: What Darwin Got Wrong by Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False by Thomas Nagel. Cognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEvan Thompsonevolutionary biologyExplanationJerry FodorPhilosophy of mindsciencethomas nagel
Dynamic empathy: A new formulation for the simulation theory of mind reading
The intro to Teed Rockwell’s paper: There are currently two popular theories for explaining “mind reading” i.e. our ability to become aware of what other people are feeling and thinking, and to predict (and/or respond skillfully to) behavior on the basis of that awareness. The first, known as the theory-theory (TT), claims that we have a theory…
Review of Steve Pyke’s Philosophers
On several occasions I’ve featured Steve Pyke’s work – Habermas of two posts back has been Pyked. Here is a review by a philosopher of Steve’s book. There is also brief mention in The New Yorker. The image featured above is of course Jerry Fodor. habermasJerry FodorPhilosophersPhilosophysteve pyke
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