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Boeckx and Theofanopoulou (2015) today produced a commentary on ‘Labels, Cognomes and Cyclic Computation: An Ethological Perspective’ (Murphy 2015a; henceforth LCC). With care and instructive insights into the life sciences they expand the discussion of the computational capacities of non-humans, and note that the discussion of brain dynamics (the ‘dynome’; Koppell et al. 2014) in…
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In a recent paper, ‘Naturalism without metaphysics’, philosopher John Collins notes that scientific naturalism does not have to be a metaphysical position, and in fact any serious naturalist must suppose that their metaphysics reaches only as far as their theoretical constructs. This methodological naturalism is therefore ‘an antimetaphysical doctrine’. Science proceeds on whatever course it…
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The truth will set you free, but not until it’s done with you. David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) David Foster Wallace, widely considered one of the greatest American writers, hanged himself in his garage on September 12th 2008 after suffering for years from severe depression. Not caring for fame or prestigious book prizes, though he won…
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The world is not thy friend, nor the world’s law. The world affords no law to make thee rich Then be not poor, but break it, and take this. Romeo handing gold to the Apothecary, Romeo and Juliet, 5.1.72-75 With the publication this month of Dan Falk’s The Science of Shakespeare, the popular science…
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Elliot Murphy 