The Revenge of Grandmother Cells
Take a look at this.
Computer Reads Mind
An interesting technological development.
Myths About Turing
David Leavitt, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Norton, 2006.Alan Turing is an iconic figure. He was one of the main founders of the mathematical theory of computability. He proved that first-order logic is undecidable. He was one of the main brains behind the allies’ successful effort to break Nazi …
Pitt HPS Places 10 out of 10
Leiter Reports has a page up for posting junior philosophy hires.We at University of Missouri – St. Louis hired John Brunero, a graduate of Columbia who works in ethics and political philosophy.My alma mater, History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, placed 10 candidates out of 10. …
Models in Science
R. Frigg and S. Hartmann, Models in Science, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (Spring 2006 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), forthcoming URL =https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2006/entries/models-science/>.The Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on scientific modeling is out (since February 27, 2006). The authors are among the organizers of the upcoming conference on Models and Simulations. I expect …
Should Philosophy Be Experimental?
Experimental philosophy is a recent philosophical movement. In spite of the name, its proponents do not attempt to do philosophy by conducting experiments. Strictly speaking, they don’t conduct experiments at all (at least in the literature I’ve read).They conduct surveys, however, in which they ask for subjects’ opinions on a …
Experimental Philosophy War
Since Slate published an article on so called “experimental philosophy,” the debate on it has escalated in the blogosphere. Good ways into the discussion are here and here. Hopefully I’ll post something on it soon.