Oakeshott and Hayek: Situating the Mind
Below are some excerpts from my paper – the excerpts chosen with a view to addressing the criticisms leveled by John Kekes. 1) Kekes writes: The third deficient essay is by Leslie Marsh, one of the...
View ArticleStigmergic Coverage Algorithm for Multi-Robot Systems
A nice simulation from the Maastricht Swarm Lab See also the great video posted by Simon Garnier of The Swarm Lab @ NJIT
View ArticleThe Emergence of the Mind: Hayek’s Account of Mental Phenomena as a Product...
Extracts from Gloria’s chapter: Friedrich Hayek’s social theory is well known for his articulation of the paradigm of spontaneous orders that challenges the traditional distinction between what is...
View ArticleCognitive stigmergy: A study of emergence in small-group social networks
This paper proposes a model and theory of leadership emergence whereby (1) small social groups are modeled as small world networks and a betweeness metric is shown to be a property of networks with...
View ArticleMinds, Models and Milieux
Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centenary of Herbert Simon’s Birth Edited by Roger Frantz (San Diego State University) and Leslie Marsh (University of British Columbia) Call for Papers...
View ArticleHayek’s Self-Organizing Mental Order and Folk-Psychological Theories of the Mind
The intro and conclusion to Chiara’s chapter: Humans are social creatures and they deeply rely on mentalizing, which aims at understanding other people behaviors and formulating expectations about...
View ArticleBeyond Complexity: Can the Sensory Order Defend the Liberal Self?
Here are a couple of extracts from Chor-yung’s paper: Friedrich Hayek’s social philosophy is one of the most systematic and sophisticated among the contributions made by 20th-century liberal thinkers....
View ArticleStigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work
Some excerpts from Lars’ paper. When the concept of stigmergy was first introduced in 1959 by the French entomologist Pierre-Paul Grassé (1959), an important step towards understanding the coordination...
View ArticleCognitive Opening and Closing: Toward an Exploration of the Mental World of...
Some extracts from Thierry’s paper: Contemporary analysis usually divides games of chance into three dimensions. In Machina and Schmeidler’s (1992) terms, this division can be viewed based on the...
View ArticleHayek and Behavioral Economics
Still on Hayek. Having just received my copy, I thought I’d give it another plug. My chapter Mindscapes and Landscapes: Hayek and Simon on Cognitive Extension is in this collection. The full line-up as...
View ArticleStigmergic self-organization and the improvisation of Ushahidi
Here are some excerpts from Janet’s fascinating paper. In late 2007 in Kenya, US educated Kenyan journalist Ory Okolloh had become one of the main sources of information about the election and the...
View ArticlePropriety and Prosperity: New Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith
It is unlikely that the Adam Smith “problem” in all its manifestations could be definitively resolved and this is certainly not the line this book is promoting. What’s on offer here is a fresh critical...
View ArticleGetting to the Hayekian Network
Extracts from Troy’s paper: In many ways this paper is necessarily an introduction. I want to introduce away to understand F. A. Hayek’s ideas on both spontaneous orders and the brain by understanding...
View ArticleSage Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences
My chum Byron Kaldis’ big project has been brought to fruition. Bravo! My contribution: Hayek and the “Use of Knowledge in Society”. As you will see there is a terrific lineup – this is an exciting...
View ArticleHayek
Born on this day in 1899. It’s to analytical (social) epistemology’s (and philosophy of mind’s) impoverishment and shame that Hayek is not that well-known beyond the tiresome caricatures. For all my...
View ArticleScience of Swarms
A survey of swarming, a sub-topic of complexity. No mention of stigmergy though.
View ArticleThe socially extended mind
Spot on Shaun!!! This is exactly what I’ve been banging on about over the past six years – very nice validation from a top-notch theorist. The fruits of my labour will be available in its full form...
View ArticleHayek in Beijing
This from the WSJ “The Road to Serfdom.” Hayek’s book, he explains, was originally translated into Chinese in 1962 as “an ‘internal reference’ for top leaders,” meaning it was forbidden fruit to...
View ArticleCosmos & Taxis: Launch
Today marks the start of the Cosmos & Taxis conference to launch the associated journal. In attendance will be philosophers, economists, political scientists, sociologists, English profs,...
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