Shrinking minds and swollen heads

Hard Heads and Open Minds: A Reply to Panksepp (2003)

In the authors’ original article (M. S. Blumberg & G. Sokoloff, 2001), they provided evidence that the ultrasonic vocalizations of infant rats are acoustic by-products of a physiological maneuver. In J. Panksepp’s (2003) comment, he sidestepped the authors’ empirical findings and focused on his concern that their perspective might prevent progress toward his ultimate goal of understanding the n...

All Heads Gently Nodding How Naturalism Dissolves the Problem of Other Minds

Talking Heads ... A Review of Speaking Minds: Interviews with Twenty Eminent Cognitive Scientists

Wilensky, and Winograd could possibly be said to be active in mainstream AI; on the other hand there are seven or eight philosophers, of whom only Dennett has a sympathetic interest in AI; all the others have rejected its premises, and Dreyfus, Searle and Weizenbaum are notorious for their passionate and sustained attacks on the subject. This would be less important but for the fact that AI is ...

Swollen Optic Disc and Sinusitis

PURPOSE To present a case of optic disc swelling caused by sinusitis. METHODS Ocular symptoms were investigated using computed tomography imaging of the facial bones to detect the relationship between the sinus inflammation and the optic nerve. RESULTS A particular configuration of the optic nerve was detected. Optic nerve course through the inflamed sphenoidal sinus is a condition associat...

Insect Minds For Human Minds

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