http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence Dedicated in memoriam to Lisa Rogers (25 August 1961 - 15 September 1996) Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:40:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have no idea what to make of this, but here is the information: SHAPE Blog Science Holism Abstraction Philosophy Emergence Shape is a new on-line Journal featuring the work of Philosopher Jim Schofield. The editorial team is listed as: Jim Schofield - Editor Physicist, Philosopher, Marxist, Multimedia Expert, Mathematician, Author, Sculptor. Dr. Peter Mothersole - ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2011/01/shape-blog-journal/ I have not added anything new to this blog for nearly a year. As I'm experiencing some technical difficulties, I'm writing this test post to see if I can still manage this blog installation. http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2010/11/checking-in/ Here are a couple of older articles: Pepper, Stephen C. "Emergence," Journal of Philosophy 23 (1926): 241-45. Sellars; Wilfrid; Meehl, Paul E.  "The Concept of Emergence," in Minnesota Studies in The Philosophy of Science, Vol. I: The Foundations of Science and the Concepts of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, edited ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2010/02/paul-e-meehl-wilfrid-sellars-stephen-c-pepper/ McDonough, Richard. "Hegel's Organic Account of Mind and Critique of Cognitive Science," Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, vol. 19., no. 1, 1996, pp. 67-97. Emergence or Reduction?: Essays on the Prospects of Nonreductive Physicalism, edited by Ansgar Beckermann, Hans Flohr, Jaegwon Kim. Berlin; New York: W. de Gruyter, 1992. I've had this ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2010/02/hegel-organicism-cognitive-science/ Sayers, Sean. "Engels and Materialism," in Engels Today: A Centenary Appreciation, edited by Christopher J. Arthur (London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996), pp. 153-172. A criticism of physicalism and dualism and a comparison of the non-reductive materialism of Friedrich Engels and Donald Davidson's anomalous monism, which Sayers deems unable ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2007/09/engels-vs-davidson/ The enemy is organizing. I received this communication this morning: AntiMatters (http://anti-matters.org) is a newly launched online journal addressing issues in science and the humanities from non-materialistic perspectives. Submissions are welcome. ________________________ Focus and Scope of the Journal: Materialism, in one form or another, is still widely accepted as the overarching framework for discussing ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2007/04/antimatters/ The Subject of Consciousness by Andy Blunden, May 2006 For Blunden, emergence of consciousness from the brain is an insufficient explanatory approach. Instead, an analytical approach should be centered about the concept of the subject, which in philosophy is also designated as subjectivity. This is both a scientific and an ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2007/03/subjectivity-emergence/ Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution Richerson, Peter J. and Boyd, Robert University of Chicago Press: Chicago, IL, 2005 ISBN 0226712842 (pb) Reviewed by Giangiacomo Bravo in Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 10, no.1, 2007. There remains much about evolution that is not yet understood, including the cultural dimension ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2007/03/just-discovering-culture/ The emergence of emergence as a hot topic ought to send up a red flag. Every new scientific advance, every new organizing concept, offers a fresh opportunity to the forces of ideological obfuscation. There is a history here, as well as a current terrain. While scientific work need not always be ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2007/03/emergence-theology-or-materialism/ I'm back in business, in this new format. Here are some important links from a recent search engine enquiry: University of Michigan, Center for the Study of Complex Systems Emergent Properties 12 Oct 2006 Instititute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence Emergence in Philosophy of Mind (bibliography) Tullio Tinti The KLI ... http://autodidactproject.org/blog/emergence/index.php/2007/03/emerging-with-new-links/