Of Mind and Other Matters
I just discovered a (recently reprinted) book by Nelson Goodman entitled, Of Mind and Other Matters. It may sound too close to this blog’s subtitle to be just a coincidence. But it is.
Godel’s Theorems
Peter Smith has posted the complete draft of his book on Godel’s Theorems online (forthcoming from CUP). Among other things, the book contains some interesting and provocative remarks about the Church-Turing thesis, including an argument that it is provable. Smith invites everyone to check out his book and send him comments and corrections.His …
Self-replicating Robots
Adam Arico alerted me to the following:Finally, some Cornell researchers realized John von Neumann’s dream of self-replicating automata. They are relatively simple and need some help in “feeding,” but once fed they are quite proficient. Make sure you look at the video showing how they replicate.
Intrinsic Functional Organization of the Nervous System
Jeff Dauer sent me this interesting article. In my humble opinion, more philosophers of mind should pay attention to more of this kind of science.
A Group Blog in the Philosophy of Mind?
In other areas of philosophy, there are successful group blogs, where people exchange and discuss ideas. But to the best of my knowledge, there is no group blog in the philosophy of mind. Some readers of this blog have suggested that I transform it into a group blog. I like …
New webpage for “Brains”
This is the new webpage for this blog, Brains. The blog has existed since December 2005 at https://brainbrain.blogspot.com/. All the old content has been transfered to this website, and all new content will be published here.Many thanks to John Gabriel for his help in transfering the blog.
News
Philosophers’ Carnival #33 here.Augenblick reports on various interesting things, including the following:The “brain box,” a new computer that attempts to mimick the fault-tolerant characteristics of the brain, is being built by scientists at the University of Manchester.The first neurons to develop in the brain have been identified by researchers at …