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Almost through with this one. It tops the list of best books for me this year. I highly recommend it for philosophers, scientists, and educators interested in the political economy of education (specifically mathematics).
June 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Almost through with this one. It tops the list of best books for me this year. I highly recommend it for philosophers, scientists, and educators interested in the political economy of education (specifically mathematics).
April 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The reason is that our convergence must result from spontaneous, unmanaged coordination, which favours mutually beneficial arrangements.
As shown by reference to Hume's example of rowing a boat.
As shown by reference to Hume's example of rowing a boat.
March 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The reason is that our convergence must result from spontaneous, unmanaged coordination, which favours mutually beneficial arrangements.
As shown by reference to Hume's example of rowing a boat.
As shown by reference to Hume's example of rowing a boat.
From the Davidsonian principle of *mutual interpretation*, there is a deeper reason why *solidarity* is even more important (which is not to say that solidarity and 'objectivity' are mutually exclusive).
March 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
From the Davidsonian principle of *mutual interpretation*, there is a deeper reason why *solidarity* is even more important (which is not to say that solidarity and 'objectivity' are mutually exclusive).
What are norms? What's (the essential quality) common b/w cultural, legal, political, educational, industrial, linguistic, and moral norms? Is it possible that most explanations leave unexplored social relations of power and control that enable norms to acquire their peculiar 'ought character'?
March 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What are norms? What's (the essential quality) common b/w cultural, legal, political, educational, industrial, linguistic, and moral norms? Is it possible that most explanations leave unexplored social relations of power and control that enable norms to acquire their peculiar 'ought character'?
The second common-sense argument against modularity of thought has to do with cultural diversity and novelty.
February 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The second common-sense argument against modularity of thought has to do with cultural diversity and novelty.
Two Common-sense arguments Against the Modularity of Thought:
The first common-sense argument against modularity has to do with the integration of information. The conceptual level is the level at which information from different input modules, each presumably linked to some sensory modality, +
The first common-sense argument against modularity has to do with the integration of information. The conceptual level is the level at which information from different input modules, each presumably linked to some sensory modality, +
February 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Two Common-sense arguments Against the Modularity of Thought:
The first common-sense argument against modularity has to do with the integration of information. The conceptual level is the level at which information from different input modules, each presumably linked to some sensory modality, +
The first common-sense argument against modularity has to do with the integration of information. The conceptual level is the level at which information from different input modules, each presumably linked to some sensory modality, +
An apparent characteristic of basic emotions is that they need not be mediated by higher-order cognitive processes, although in humans, they can be.
Much more controversy surrounds the possible evolutionary underpinnings of secondary affect modules and second-order conceptual modules.
Much more controversy surrounds the possible evolutionary underpinnings of secondary affect modules and second-order conceptual modules.
February 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
An apparent characteristic of basic emotions is that they need not be mediated by higher-order cognitive processes, although in humans, they can be.
Much more controversy surrounds the possible evolutionary underpinnings of secondary affect modules and second-order conceptual modules.
Much more controversy surrounds the possible evolutionary underpinnings of secondary affect modules and second-order conceptual modules.
Modularity and Domain Specificity:
"A naturally selected mental module is functionally specialized to process, as input, a specific domain of recurrent stimuli in the world that was particularly relevant to hominid survival +
"A naturally selected mental module is functionally specialized to process, as input, a specific domain of recurrent stimuli in the world that was particularly relevant to hominid survival +
February 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Modularity and Domain Specificity:
"A naturally selected mental module is functionally specialized to process, as input, a specific domain of recurrent stimuli in the world that was particularly relevant to hominid survival +
"A naturally selected mental module is functionally specialized to process, as input, a specific domain of recurrent stimuli in the world that was particularly relevant to hominid survival +
The debate still soars on in modern cognitive anthropology & psychology.
December 28, 2024 at 7:39 AM
The debate still soars on in modern cognitive anthropology & psychology.
In Western thought, this ostensive understanding has its origins, for example, in St. Augustine (a Platonist par excellence)
December 28, 2024 at 7:28 AM
In Western thought, this ostensive understanding has its origins, for example, in St. Augustine (a Platonist par excellence)
"...If ethics is 'satisficing', in the sense that it counts as morally permissible any action that conforms to a few basic constraints, then MP (moral permissibility) may leave ample room for coherent extrapolated volition (CEV) to influence AI's actions..."
December 7, 2024 at 11:14 AM
"...If ethics is 'satisficing', in the sense that it counts as morally permissible any action that conforms to a few basic constraints, then MP (moral permissibility) may leave ample room for coherent extrapolated volition (CEV) to influence AI's actions..."
The attempted solutions by AI guys are notions such as 'indirect normativity' and so-called coherent extrapolated volition (CEV). Eliezer Yudkowsky, for instance, suggests that utilitarianism *can* work depending on whether utility is 'satisficed' or 'maximized'.
December 7, 2024 at 11:07 AM
The attempted solutions by AI guys are notions such as 'indirect normativity' and so-called coherent extrapolated volition (CEV). Eliezer Yudkowsky, for instance, suggests that utilitarianism *can* work depending on whether utility is 'satisficed' or 'maximized'.