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November 14, 2013mirror neurons

Mirror neurons, embodied simulation and a second-person approach to mind reading

Here is a handy summary of Vittorio Gallese’s highly influential work. Mirror neurons (MNs) and embodied simulation (ES) Intersubjectivity can be proﬁtably understood if framedwithin a phylogenetic perspective. The discovery of MNs enabled establishing a relation between human intersubjectivity, the inter-individual relations of other animal species and their underpinning neural mechanisms. MNs are motor neurons ﬁrst…

January 26, 2013hayek

Hayek’s Speculative Psychology, The Neuroscience of value Estimation, and the Basis of Normative Individualism

An extract from the very excellent and versatile (economics and philosophy of mind) Don Ross. In light of this history, it is not surprising that, as many commentators have noted, The Sensory Order was relatively neglected for a few decades, but has recently enjoyed a wave of scholarly appreciation. Much of this has centered on…

September 14, 2012cognitive systems research

CFP: Philosophical Approaches to Social Neuroscience

Special Issue of Cognitive Systems Research Edited by Leslie Marsh (Medical School, University of British Columbia) and Philip Robbins (Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri) A Confluence of Interest It’s been twenty-five years or so since Gazzaniga’s (1985) empirically motivated work that understood the brain as a kind of hermeneutic device or “interpreter” that evolved in…