New Eidyn Research Project

February 28, 2014 in Ethical Considerations, Extended Mind and Epistemology, New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

Duncan Pritchard and Jesper Kallestrup were recently awarded by the John Templeton Foundation £100K in total for their project on ‘Virtue Epistemology, Epistemic Dependence and intellectual Humility’. Project Summary Virtue epistemology
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Upcoming Workshop: ‘Extended Knowledge: Virtue, East Meets West’, 2 June, 2014.

December 14, 2013 in News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

To visit the workshop website click here Confirmed speakers: Chienkuo Mi, Soochow University, Taiwan Eric Hutton, University of Utah Cheng-Hung Tsai, Soochow University, Taiwan Mark Alfano, University of Oregon More
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‘Knowledge and Cognitive Integration’, in Synthese, by Orestis Palermos

December 14, 2013 in Extended Mind and Epistemology, New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

New research output by Orestis Palermos: ‘Knowledge and Cognitive Integration’, in Synthese. Abstract: Cognitive integration is a defining yet overlooked feature of our intellect that may nevertheless have substantial effects on
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New Eidyn Centre video

December 4, 2013 in News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

New Eidyn Centre video, featuring Prof Duncan Pritchard, Prof Andy Clark, Dr Michela Massimi, Dr Suilin Lavelle and Dr Francesca Rossi:

Government recognised cyborg and the first cybernetic hate crime

December 4, 2013 in Ethical Considerations, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

The links below will take you to the stories of Neil Harbisson, “the first person on the planet to have a passport photo that shows his cyborg nature”, and Steve
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Pictures from the 2nd Extended Knowledge Workshop (October 2013)

November 26, 2013 in Extended Mind and Epistemology, New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

The 2nd Extended Knowledge Workshop was held on the 18th of October 2013. The following link contains pictures of the event: 2nd Extended Knowledge Workshop – Pictures Thanks to everyone for
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Extended Knowledge and Education Talk by Simon Knight

November 26, 2013 in Extended Mind and Epistemology, New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

Simon Knight (member of the project’s international network) recently gave a talk at the Society of the Query No 2. Click play to watch his talk, entitled ‘Finding Knowledge: What it
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‘Virtue Epistemology, Extended Cognition, and the Epistemology of Education’, in Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, by Duncan Pritchard

November 13, 2013 in Extended Mind and Epistemology, New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

New publication by Duncan Pritchard: ‘Virtue Epistemology, Extended Cognition, and the Epistemology of Education’, in Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, by Duncan Pritchard Abstract: How should we, from an epistemological
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Could Reliability Naturally imply Safety?, in European Journal of Philosophy, by Orestis Palermos

September 27, 2013 in New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

New research output by S. Orestis Palermos: Could Reliability Naturally imply Safety?, in European Journal of Philosophy. Abstract: The aim of the present paper is to argue that robust virtue epistemology is
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‘Extended Knowledge and Social Epistemology’, by Orestis Palermos and Duncan Pritchard

July 26, 2013 in Extended Mind and Epistemology, New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

New research output by Orestis Palermos and Duncan Pritchard: ‘Extended Knowledge and Social Epistemology’, in Social Epistemology.  ABSTRACT. The place of social epistemology within contemporary philosophy, as well as its relation
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Workshop with Professor Robert Rupert, Friday August 9th, 2013

July 22, 2013 in New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

On Friday August 9th, in room S38 at 7 George Square there will be an one-day EIDYN workshop on Robert Rupert’s paper “Embodiment, Consciousness, and the Massively Representational Mind”.  Robert Rupert
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Embodied Music Cognition

July 20, 2013 in New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

This week (Monday 22nd  and Tuesday 23rd July), there will be a workshop on Embodied Music Cognition at Room G.07, Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB The purpose of
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Pictures from the 1st Extended Knowledge Workshop (June 2013)

June 19, 2013 in New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

The 1st Extended Knowledge Workshop was held on the 10th and 11th of June 2103, at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh. The following link contains pictures of the event:
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‘Loops, Constitution, and Cognitive Extension’, by S. Orestis Palermos

April 17, 2013 in New Research, News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

Dr S. Orestis Palermos recently had his paper “Loops, Constitution, and Cognitive Extension” accepted at Cognitive Systems Research.   Abstract: The ‘causal-constitution’ fallacy, the ‘cognitive bloat’ worry, and the persisting theoretical
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Second Extended Knowledge Workshop – ‘Varieties of Externalism’ (October 18-19th 2013)

March 26, 2013 in News, Uncategorized by Orestis Palermos

2nd Extended Knowledge Workshop – ‘Varieties of Externalism’   The aim of this second workshop will be to explore the different varieties of ‘externalism’ both in epistemology and philosophy of
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