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The Brains Blog
2w ago
We are pleased to announce a new episode in our interview series on the philosophical implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The rapid development of AI has rekindled interest in fundamental questions of intelligence and agency. Once confined to theoretical discourse, these issues now demand re-evaluation in light of AI’s burgeoning ..read more
The Brains Blog
2w ago
This post applies the reason-responsive consequentialist view of rational inquiry to shed light on bounded rationality, the Standard Picture, and the epistemology of inquiry ..read more
The Brains Blog
2w ago
This post gives three arguments for the reason-responsive consequentialist view of rational inquiry ..read more
The Brains Blog
3w ago
This post introduces bounded rationality by contrasting it with a received Standard Picture of rationality ..read more
The Brains Blog
3w ago
This post begins a five-part series introducing David Thorstad's book, Inquiry under bounds ..read more
The Brains Blog
2M ago
Commentary from Tina Röck on today’s post from Mazviita Chirimuuta on The Brain Abstracted (MIT Press). One way to read this book is to consider it a discussion of the limitations in our ability to understand hyper-complex, dynamic objects like the brain. In her more metaphysical chapters (2 and 8 ..read more
The Brains Blog
2M ago
Post 5 of 5 from Mazviita Chirimuuta on The Brain Abstracted (Open Access: MIT Press). The last of this series of posts summarises the conclusions regarding philosophy of science more generally that emerge from this study of simplification in neuroscience. The question of realism may have already occurred to you ..read more
The Brains Blog
2M ago
Commentary from Dimitri Coelho Mollo on today’s post from Mazviita Chirimuuta on The Brain Abstracted (MIT Press). I was lucky to have had the chance to discuss this brilliant book with Mazviita Chirimuuta and others while it was still in preparation, and I’m looking forward to exchanging ideas about it ..read more