An extract from Lynne Rudder Baker’s paper: Cognitive scientists have become increasingly enamored of the idea of extended minds. The extended-mind thesis (EM) is the claim that mentality need not be situated just in the brain or even within the boundaries of the skin. EM is the modal claim that it is possible that the…
The latest release in the superb series from the Institute of Art and Ideas – thanks Alex! Hilary Lawson does a terrific job in moderating, one of the best if not the best I’ve come across. We all create internal narratives of our lives. From moment to moment, but also spanning a lifetime. Do these…
Kathy Wilkes: a plaque for an honorary citizen of Dubrovnik. Some five and a half years ago I first mentioned Kathy. DubrovnikfreedomKathy WilkesLibertymetaphysicspersonal identitythought experiments
How the law should deal with technologies that blur man and machine Philosophers at the Humboldt University of Berlin, meanwhile, are exploring the various ways in which robotic technologies challenge the notion of what it means to be human. To what extent is it defined by having a body of a particular shape, or by…
Here is another review from NDPR on Shaun Gallagher’s immense collection that I mentioned a few months back. I have delved into this and have found some very good stuff that I’m currently reading. NDPRoxford handbook of the selfpersonal identityphilosophy of social scienceShaun Gallaghersituated cognitionsocial epistemologysocial identity
Philip Kitcher reviews Derek Parfit’s massive two-volume tome On What Matters. Derek Parfitethicspersonal identityPhilip KitcherReasons and Persons
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