In the midst of one of the most famous passages in The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith writes “nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog” (WN I.ii.2). In and of itself, this is probably not a noteworthy sentence, but it has always rubbed…
Featuring three reviews that I commissioned. biophilosophychessCognitive scienceconsciousnessdavid livingstone smithEmbodied cognitionFernand Gobetjournal of mind and behaviorPhilosophy of mind
Cognitive scienceEmotionJoe RoganJoseph LeDouxneurosciencePhilosophy of mindqualia
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…
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)…
The very excellent Barry Smith has coauthored this recent open access piece. AIAlan TuringArtificial intelligenceBarry Smithphilosophical humorPhilosophy of mindTuring test
Excellent choice! Alan Turingcomputational intelligencePhilosophy of mindTuring machineTuring test
