Special issue of Mind & Society. (H/T to Francesco Di Iorio) From April 8th to 10th 2013, the Herbert Simon Society held its first General Conference in New York. About fifty researchers from different countries and working in different areas attended the event. The conference focused on three topics which were identified as particularly relevant in…
This from MIT Technology Review (H/T to Mark Frazier). He believes that neurobiological research has a distinctly philosophical purpose. There was something that appealed to me because of my interest in literature and music. We wouldn’t have music, art, religion, science, technology, economics, politics, justice, or moral philosophy without the impelling force of feelings. I would…
Extended mind and after: socially extended mind and actor-network by Kono, Tetsuya Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science Personal Identity, Functionalism and the Extended Mind by Stanciu, Marius M Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences Minds as social institutions by Castelfranchi, Cristiano Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Extended cognition and the explosion of knowledge by Ludwig,…
H/T to Andrew Irvine. DMA’s wiki entry. david armstrongExternalismfunctionalismMaterialismmetaphyicsneurosciencephilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
Coming soon aestheticsCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessElliot Samuel Paulphilosophical psychologyphilosophy of creativityPhilosophy of mindScott Barry Kaufman
Now that the ms has been shipped off to the publisher here is the finalized lineup: Foreword — Vernon Smith Adam Smith as a Scottish Philosopher — Gordon Graham Friendship in Commercial Society Revisited: Adam Smith on Commercial Friendship — Spyridon Tegos Adam Smith and French Political Economy: Parallels and Differences — Laurent Dobuzinskis Adam Smith: 18th Century…
The very excellent Joel Krueger has a new paper. AffectCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessdistributed knowledgeEmbodied cognitionEmotionsExtended Mindjoel kruegerJoint listeningmusicphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindSelf-regulation
Here’s a just published review in JMB, endorsed by some heavy hitters such as Edwin Hutchins and Kevin Warwick. How Things Shape the Mind: A Theory of Material Engagement represents a synthesis of the positions that the author, Lambros Malafouris, has developed over the course of his career, supplemented by the addition of new explanatory examples and unpublished…
An interesting piece since it references literature beyond the canonical extended mind hypothesis. active externalismAndy ClarkArtificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessDavid ChalmersExtended MindExternalismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
This from Scientific American. BrainCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessExtended MindMemoryPeter Carruthersphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindWorking memory
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