Here's the definition (as restated in a recent paper I did with Ezequiel Di Paolo and Randall Beer). Erik's robot is not a network of processes of production, let alone one that meets (i) and (ii).
August 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Here's the definition (as restated in a recent paper I did with Ezequiel Di Paolo and Randall Beer). Erik's robot is not a network of processes of production, let alone one that meets (i) and (ii).
Looking forward to this event in Trondheim, coming up in early June.
May 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Looking forward to this event in Trondheim, coming up in early June.
This should be fun.
May 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This should be fun.
Good news, but notice anything wrong with this picture?
January 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Good news, but notice anything wrong with this picture?
Since so many new people are arriving to bluesky these days, I'm just going to pin this to my profile for a while.
November 22, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Since so many new people are arriving to bluesky these days, I'm just going to pin this to my profile for a while.
Last but not least, Bergson himself. Donald Landes has recently retranslated Bergson's classic, L'Évolution créatrice (1907).
November 19, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Last but not least, Bergson himself. Donald Landes has recently retranslated Bergson's classic, L'Évolution créatrice (1907).
Here's a new collection of essays on various aspects of Bergson's philosophy.
November 19, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Here's a new collection of essays on various aspects of Bergson's philosophy.
And for Bergson's philosophy of biology, start here.
November 19, 2024 at 5:40 PM
And for Bergson's philosophy of biology, start here.
This is my favourite philosophical treatment of the continuing importance of Bergson's thought.
November 19, 2024 at 5:38 PM
This is my favourite philosophical treatment of the continuing importance of Bergson's thought.
If you want to dive deep into the continuing significance of the Bergson-Einstein debate, then this collection of essays is where to go.
November 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
If you want to dive deep into the continuing significance of the Bergson-Einstein debate, then this collection of essays is where to go.
@canales.bsky.social book (in the previous post) had a huge influence on my recent book with @adamfrank4.bsky.social and Marcelo Gleiser, The Blind Spot. Bergson is one of the heroes of our book (along with Whitehead and Husserl).
November 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM
@canales.bsky.social book (in the previous post) had a huge influence on my recent book with @adamfrank4.bsky.social and Marcelo Gleiser, The Blind Spot. Bergson is one of the heroes of our book (along with Whitehead and Husserl).
Next, read this superb book by @canales.bsky.social.
November 19, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Next, read this superb book by @canales.bsky.social.
"in recent years there has been a kind of Bergson revival in the anglophone world. Could it be because there is a need for a return to his ideas?" Yes! From @emilyherring.bsky.social's delightful biography of Bergson. Here's a thread-guide to more of the revival. Start with Herring's fantastic book!
November 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM
"in recent years there has been a kind of Bergson revival in the anglophone world. Could it be because there is a need for a return to his ideas?" Yes! From @emilyherring.bsky.social's delightful biography of Bergson. Here's a thread-guide to more of the revival. Start with Herring's fantastic book!
Bergson in Berkeley: A sighting of @emilyherring.bsky.social's Herald of a Restless World at Books Inc.
November 15, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Bergson in Berkeley: A sighting of @emilyherring.bsky.social's Herald of a Restless World at Books Inc.
"When Death Comes," my upcoming lecture for the UC Berkeley Department of Philosophy Colloquium.
November 1, 2024 at 7:46 PM
"When Death Comes," my upcoming lecture for the UC Berkeley Department of Philosophy Colloquium.
Pub date May 13, 2025.
September 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Pub date May 13, 2025.
A question for people who know Robert Rosen's work: what's the current status of his claim (and purported mathematical proof) that MR systems aren't Turing-computable? I've read most of the (few) relevant papers on this but am not competent to judge and there seems to be no clear consensus.
May 29, 2024 at 12:17 AM
A question for people who know Robert Rosen's work: what's the current status of his claim (and purported mathematical proof) that MR systems aren't Turing-computable? I've read most of the (few) relevant papers on this but am not competent to judge and there seems to be no clear consensus.
From Jenann Ismael's review of The Blind Spot today in Nature Physics.
May 15, 2024 at 1:14 PM
From Jenann Ismael's review of The Blind Spot today in Nature Physics.
Quote of the day, in Nature Daily Briefing, from The Blind Spot. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 3, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Quote of the day, in Nature Daily Briefing, from The Blind Spot. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dan Dennett in Farmstead Magazine. Dan would take his students and postdocs to press apples and bottle cider at his Maine farm. He sent the article to me when I told him about our apple trees in BC. I learned how to make cider from his article.
April 19, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Dan Dennett in Farmstead Magazine. Dan would take his students and postdocs to press apples and bottle cider at his Maine farm. He sent the article to me when I told him about our apple trees in BC. I learned how to make cider from his article.
Dan Dennett was an exceptionally generous mentor when I did a postdoc with him in '90-'91. Years later he kept encouraging me even when we disagreed. It is a sad day and the world has shrunk with his passing.
April 19, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Dan Dennett was an exceptionally generous mentor when I did a postdoc with him in '90-'91. Years later he kept encouraging me even when we disagreed. It is a sad day and the world has shrunk with his passing.
Yes, I do! Here's my lecture slide. I know you won't like the label. 😛
April 5, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Yes, I do! Here's my lecture slide. I know you won't like the label. 😛
@metzinger.bsky.social what do you think of my final paper topics for my undergraduate philosophy of mind course? 🙃
April 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM
@metzinger.bsky.social what do you think of my final paper topics for my undergraduate philosophy of mind course? 🙃
我刚听说会有中文译本。I just learned that CITIC Press will be publishing a Chinese translation.
April 1, 2024 at 9:17 PM
我刚听说会有中文译本。I just learned that CITIC Press will be publishing a Chinese translation.