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Wittgenstein Slides
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... haven't had much time to update the Wittgenstein course webpage, but I did just add the slides. I'll get movie clips up over the summer. I've got to devote all of my time to the July 15th deadline for submitting camera-ready pages for my book.
But, have a look at the slides if you wish:
[link] ... more »
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CFP Nordic Wittgenstein Review #2 [deadline Nov 30, 2012]
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Nordic Wittgenstein Review #2
The new journal Nordic Wittgenstein Review invites submissions.
The journal welcomes original contributions on all aspects of
Wittgenstein's thought and work - exegetical studies as well as papers
drawing on Wittgensteinian themes and ideas in contemporary discussions of... more »
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[Wittgensteinworkshop] Friday, May 25: Amos Browne
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The next meeting of the Wittgenstein Workshop is this Friday, May 25. Our speaker will be Amos Browne (University of Chicago, graduate student) "Rationality and Rational Abilities" 1:30–4:30pm Social Sciences 302 A short piece of background reading will be made available on the workshop website tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.... more »
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Mirsky on Watson and Seale
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(forwarding this) link: [link] The Rockaway Irregular Beautiful Minds Commentary by Stuart W. Mirsky A few weeks ago technology took another great leap forward when IBM’s computational platform, “Watson,” using 90 linked high powered computer processors in a massively parallel array, sophisticated natural language programming and a humongously encyclopedic database beat two human Jeopardy! champions on national TV. I don’t watch the show as a rule but my son, who has an interest in cognitive science from his college days, called to say you gotta see this, Dad!... more »
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The Stakes of the Physicalist Consciousness Debate
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On Serious Philosophy, I had asked what the stakes were to the on going debate between Stuart and the others. One of the replies was from Larry Tapper, who stated this: "Well, the main issue is whether we are basically computers. And to some (like Joe perhaps) the issue might be whether we could have immortal souls. That would be pretty high stakes."... more »
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Visual Thesaurus and Wittgenstein
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.. here's an interesting thingamabob.
[link]
Why isn't there a moment of silence for Wittgenstein on the site?
Regards and thanks.
Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq.
[spoiler]Assistant Professor... more »
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Fwd: Note on a recent reading ('On Wittgenstein' by Hintikka)
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Apologies -- I didn't realize at first this was sent to me for forwarding.
I mistakenly thought I was reading something already forwarded.
Kirby
---------- Forwarded message ----------
...To: kirby.ur...@gmail.com
Please forward to Wittrs, if you will...
I want to suggest that Wittgenstein would have had a far more subtle... more »
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