Here’s a batch review by the very excellent Rob Rupert of three books that have been out for a while. Anthony ChemeroCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionenactivismExtended MindExternalismEzequiel Di Paolojohn stewartMark Rowlandsolivier gapennePhilosophy of mindRob Rupertsituated cognition
Marvin Minsky a grandee of AI has died (H/T Troy Camplin). Washington Post Boston Globe Artificial intelligenceCognitive sciencemarvin minskyPhilosophy of mindThe Society of Mind
Michael Graziano in The Atlantic Artificial intelligencebrain scienceCognitive neuroscienceColin McGinncomplexityConnectionismconsciousnessFriedrich HayekMichael GrazianomysterianismphenomenologyPhilosophy of mindqualiaself-referentialthe hard problem
Though not listed as such I was the instigator of- and the action editor in support of- this special issue by the very excellent Phil Robbins. Cognitive neurosciencedaniel huttoIskra FilevaJonathan Tresanmaria brinckermichael kirchhoffPhil RobbinsPhilosophy of mindShaun Gallaghersocial cognitionSocial NeuroscienceValerie Gray Hardcastle
Andy Clark guest-blogging in support of his new book. Stay tuned for Evan Thompson’s review in The Journal of Mind and Behavior. Andy ClarkCognitive scienceEmbodied cognitionPhilosophy of mindsituated cognitionuncertainty
As reported in the Brains Blog we are most chuffed to have Marcin’s participation in Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon Cognitive sciencecomputational intelligenceComputer ScienceHerbert SimonMarcin MiłkowskiMinds Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert SimonPhilosophy of mind
Patricia Churchland talking at the very excellent Santa Fe Institute. brain scienceCognitive neurosciencecomplexityconsciousnessdarwinEvolutionary PsychologyMaterialismMoral psychologyNeurophilosophyPatricia ChurchlandPhilosophy of mindsanta fe institutesituated cognitionSpontaneous order
Newly published EM paper Chinese RoomExtended MindfunctionalismKengo MiyazonometaphyicsPhilosophy of mindsituated cognition
Coming next year AIArtificial intelligenceCognitive scienceMargaret BodenPhilosophy of mind
Vol. 36 No. 1 & 2 Winter & Spring 2015 (Note: reviews of Evan Thompson and Gordon Graham’s latest) A Radical Embodied Approach to Lower Palaeolithic Spear-making Duilio Garofoli, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Is That Me? Sense of Agency as a Function of Intra-psychic Conflict Travis A. Riddle, Columbia University, Howard J. Rosen, University of California,…
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