One of the questions that have plagued my insomniac nights over the past decade or so is what makes something interesting. There are many proposals.…
Comments closed Published 5 May 2023
Category: Epistemology
Published 27 Apr 2022
Operative concepts
Gave a talk “The Good Species” yesterday (26 April 2022) to the HPS crowd at UniMelb. The discussion went a way I didn’t expect: classification…
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Published 30 Jun 2020
Thoughts on the Hard Problem
Most of you will already know that David Chalmers, the once-hirsute Australian philosopher of mind (only Rob Wilson seems to remain in the Hirsute Philosopher’s…
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My talk online
I recently gave a fuller version of my talk “Comprehension as Compression”, and I placed the slideshow on Slideshare. You may also download the PDF:
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Published 29 Jul 2019
New book contract
Well CRC Press haven’t learned their lesson yet, and have given me, Frank Zachos (Vienna) and Igor Pavlinov (Moscow) a contract for an edited book…
Comments closed Published 11 Jul 2019
ISHPSSB talk revised
So I have double checked the technology (USB-C is marvellous) and the computer and iPhone combo (for remote control of the Keynote) works. All that…
Comments closed Published 27 Jun 2019
A talk on understanding
I will be presenting this one at ISHPSSSB in Oslo in a couple of weeks. Comments and objections received with the usual ill grace…
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