Monthly Archives: May 2008

Computationalism and the Extended Mind

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

In The Extended Mind, Andy Clark and David Chalmers discuss the possibility of extended minds; coupled systems in which a human organism produces cognition, beliefs, and thoughts with the aid of external entities. Clark and Chalmers give the example of Otto, a man suffering from Alzheimer’s who uses a notebook to record his thoughts and [...]

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Vote for GNOME Do as your favorite launcher program

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Lifehacker is having a best-of-the-best poll for people’s favorite application launcher programs. In the lead are Launchy (Windows), Quicksilver (Mac), Find and Run Robot (Windows), GNOME Do (Linux), and RocketDock (Windows). The Windows apps have many, many more users so they’re accumulating many more votes. Please vote for Do to show your love and demonstrate [...]

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