By Luis Favela In my previous post, I discussed some of my research concerning extended cognitive systems. The existence or not of extended cognitive systems, so I argued, can be arbitrated within a complexity science framework. In short (very short!), if a system exhibits pink noise—which is fractal structure in a data series, where the…

By Luis Favela In my previous post, I highlighted some of the defining features of phenomena investigated by complexity science. These features include an emphasis on system dynamics (i.e., how they evolve over time), nonlinearity (i.e., interactions of parts are not always additive), emergence (i.e., collective behaviors can be difficult to predict based on knowledge…

By Luis Favela Greetings! Thanks to Marcus Arvan for providing a much needed and supportive environment for early-career philosophers such as myself. As noted in Marcus’ introduction, I recently began a position at the University of Central Florida and earned my Ph.D. in the philosophy and life sciences program at the University of Cincinnati (UC).…

I'd like to thank Carlo Ierna for his time as a Featured Early-Career Author. It was a real pleasure to learn more about his work, and about Brentano. Alas, it is now time to welcome our newest featured author: Luis ("Louie") Favela! Louie received his PhD from the University of Cincinnati in 2015, and is now Assistant…