The extended mind is an interesting theory of consciousness and cognition that attempts to reshape the way we look at what it means to be human. Does they mind end at our meaty borders? Can palm-pilots become external modules of the mind? I’m not so sure if there is much about the theory that is [...]
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I thought this was interesting.
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…with disastrous results. His tone is one of unbridled venom which, I think, is evidence of confusion and frustration: I’ve read some of his work, but not much; it’s very bizarre stuff, and every time I get going on one of his papers I hit some ludicrous, literally stupid claim that makes me wonder why [...]
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Falsification: Karl Popper’s theorized property that demarcates a scientific theory from a non-scientific theory. A scientific theory is open to empirical falsification via Modus Tollens.
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