Seminar #49: A Metabolic Error Threshold

This week we will have an informal discussion group led by Chrisantha
Fernando. The discussion topic will be:
A Metabolic Error Threshold
Chrisantha Fernando
Time: 4:30-6:00pm
Date: Wednesday, 25th February
Location: Pev. 1, room 2A03
The problem of the origin of metabolism is unsolved. How could a metabolism arise that was capable of producing nucleotides? I will briefly present my early work [...]

What is the meaning of representations?

This week there will be no Life and Mind seminar. Instead, I thought that we could try a new format which focuses on the blog, and thus make our discussion more available to the wider online community.
To start things off I have chosen a controversial topic in cognitive science that has been discussed in the [...]

Seminar #48: Digital Musical Systems as Epistemic Tools

This coming week we will have a Life and Mind seminar entitled:
Digital Musical Systems as Epistemic Tools
Thor Magnusson
Time: 4:30-6:00pm
Date: Wednesday, 11th February
Location: Pev. 1, room 2A02
In this talk, I intend to explore the differences in the design and performance of acoustic and new digital musical instruments, arguing that with the latter there is an increased [...]

Seminar #47: Extending Autopoiesis to Incorporate Behavior

This week we will have a joint seminar between the Alergic and the Life and Mind seminar series, entitled:
Extending Autopoiesis to Incorporate Behavior
Matthew Egbert
4:30 p.m. Wednesday, 4th February – Arundel 401
“Bare” autopoiesis fails to fully address behavior and explains only direct self-maintenance (Di Paolo, 2005). As a case in point, up until recently, most [...]