Just published! Cognitive Systems Research Vol. 21, March Stigmergic dimensions of online creative interaction Jimmy Secretan Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work Lars Rune Christensen Stigmergic self-organization and the improvisation of Ushahidi Janet Marsden Emergence in stigmergic and complex adaptive systems: A formal discrete event systems perspective Saurabh Mittal Cognitive stigmergy: A study…
Any day now, the papers comprising volume 21, a special issue on stigmergy, should become available. In the meantime check out the papers in their “in press” status. Stigmergic dimensions of online creative interaction Jimmy Secretan Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work Lars Rune Christensen Stigmergic self-organization and the improvisation of Ushahidi Janet…
Those familiar with my work will know that I’ve been banging on about the idea that while mind is not extended in the sense that Adams and Aizawa rightly I think take issue with, i.e. specifying the “mark of the cognitive”, it is extended in the stigmergic sense – and this seems to me what’s…
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Here is a rather obscure and confused invocation of stigmergy. Our habits, the way we present ourselves to others and the persona we have created, our social context – all these things constrain us, limit our capacity for change, and drag the “old” us into any attempt to start afresh. Kol Nidre annuls those vows…
Someone has posted Guy Theraulaz’ and Eric Bonabeau’s classic paper from Artificial Life. Artificial intelligenceArtificial LifeBiologyCollective intelligencecollective intentionalitycomplexityEusocialityExternalismInsectPierre-Paul GrasséSpontaneous orderstigmergicStigmergy
Here’s a recent paper. Artificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive sciencePierre-Paul GrasséSpontaneous orderStigmergyWeb 2.0Web Design and DevelopmentWorld Wide Web
Well, this article was inevitable – first mentioned here). Francis Heylighen has been talking about this for a few years now as has myself in discussing Hayek, distributed cognition and co-evolved mind and sociality not to mention my ongoing interest in stigmergy which I argue is a species of EM. Abstract: This article explores the notion of…
Uncorrected proof of final contribution to Stigmergy 3.0 line-up. complexityEpistemologyPierre-Paul GrasséSpontaneous orderStigmergy
The latest in press article from the special issue. Cognitive sciencecomplexityConstructionSpontaneous orderStigmergy
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