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Philosophy of Mind Philosophy Society
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 - Thousands of entries, categorized by subject matter. From David Chalmers.
- A comprehensive and up-to-date collection of definitions and brief scholarly discussions of key terms in the Philosophy of Mind. Also includes brief biographical sketches of important figures in cognitive science.
- Articles on dualism and parapsychology by John Beloff.
- The philosophical theory that the mind is, or functions like, a computer; by Steven Horst.
- Argumentation maps propose to map the detailed structure of major philosophical debates in graphical form. Portions of the map of the "Can Computers Think?" debate are now available online.
- Proposal due to Alan Turing for a criterion of the presence of mind or consciousness; by Graham Oppy and David Dowe.
- The naturalism of the Bright Movement is present in Real Dualism, but even an anthropologic analysis that get over the traditional materialism
- The science, philosophy, and history of imagination and mental imagery, and their relevance to the understanding of consciousness and cognition. Online articles, and many links.
- Information about experimental data gathered by people working in the philosophy of mind.
- A special issue of the Open Source online journal Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design (PCID) containing eight essays outlining non-reductive theories of the mind.
- The interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Paul Thagard..
- A mental representation is a mental object with semantic properties. According to the Representational Theory of Mind, psychological states are to be understood as relations between agents and mental representations. Article from the Stanford Encyclope
- A personal perspective, with many links, from Artificial Intelligence researcher Mark Humphrys.
- Commentaries on books and ideas from philosophers of mind including Patricia Churchland, Terrence Sejnowski, Paul Churchland, Ned Block, Owen Flanagan, Daniel Dennett, Georges Rey.
- Theories which explain conscious states by their relations to higher-order representations of them; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Peter Carruthers.
- Transcript from a live online chat with David Chalmers on September 25th 2002.
- An electronic journal and discussion forum for foundational issues in psychology, psychopathology, the mind-brain relation and 'consciousness'. (Not especially focused on the ideas of Jaspers.)
- Includes a study of belief, mind, relativity, sign systems and matter. Philosophy is integrated with psychology and science.
- ICQ chat and forum on philosophy of mind, including the mind-body problem, free will, cognition, and perception.
- Papers from or relating to Robert Gordon's NEH Seminar on the "Simulation" Theory of "Folk Psychology": relevant to understanding interpersonal understanding, empathy, the nature and origins of mental concepts, and the causes of autism
- Introductory and advanced material on the imagery debate, cognitive science, and metaphysical issues.
- The view that some or all of the mental states posited by common-sense do not actually exist; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by William Ramsey.
- An annotated bibliography of the models of human cognition of Berkeley, Burton, Hobbes, and Locke. (More figures from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries are promised.)
- The main institutional center for Consciousness Studies. Host of the Tucson "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conferences, and periodically stages on-line courses on aspects of Consciousness Studies.
- Condensed edition of Descartes' 'Meditations', with study notes and glossary.
- A New and Challenging Philosophy of Mind.
- This page makes available online versions of many recent (1987-1997) published and unpublished articles, and reviews, by this influential and unusually readable philosopher (and by some of his associates).
- Movement in cognitive science which hopes to explain human intellectual abilities using artificial neural networks. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by James W. Garson.
- A peer reviewed journal devoted to the philosophical, metaphysical, and methodological foundations of the study of behavior, brain, and mind. Articles from more recent volumes are available for free online. Published by the Cambridge Center for Behavioral
- Site examining the hypothesis that we are currently living in an "ancestor simulation" run by a future, post-human society. Includes papers and research links.
- The leading U.S. organization for discussion between (analytic) philosophers and (mainly cognitively oriented) psychologists.
- Discusses the contention that a given mental kind (property, state, event) is realized by distinct physical kinds. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by John Bickle.
- This paper by Andy Clark and David Chalmers proposes an active externalist theory of mind - that when we use tools such as paper or computers to aid in our cognition, they become part of our minds.
- An international project looking at issues at the intersection of philosophy and the neurosciences.
- The man's presumptuousness considers always that the reality is only one, that accessible to his senses, his intellection and his instrumental of investigation tools. But the things are really so? In MatterAither the foundations of the real dualism (as ph
- Many helpfully categorized links and introductory material concerning embodied/situated approaches to cognition, ranging from Artificial Life research to Existentialism. By Ronald Lemmen.
- The doctrine that mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by William Seager.
- Argues that epiphenomenalism, identity theory and parallellism are all incoherent. Unless one denies consciousness only dualistic interactionism and idealism remain viable.
- A view on consciousness, universal existence, nothingness, reality.
- Evaluates the theory that holds that states and processes of the mind are identical to states and processes of the brain. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by J. J. C. Smart.
- History and philosophical accounts of unity of consciousness; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Andrew Brook.
- Article by Daniel Dennett (1996).
- Survey articles on key issues in the field, and an annotated bibliography.
- Contains theory and essays by Mayer Spivack. Primarily emphasises human cognition, animal cognition, associative reasoning (syncretic reasoning), creativity, learning and learning disability.
- Bibliographies by topic and author, event listings, online texts, new books (with links), and many links to online reference works, relevant institutions, journal home pages, and other sites.
- The classic 1950 article by Alan Turing on machine intelligence, where he introduces the famous Turing test.
- Articles on the subject of philosophy of mind.
- Discussion of the connection between phenomenal consciousness and intentionality; by Charles Siewert.
- The principle of parsimony and its application to the mind-body problem
- Discusses the view that mental events are caused by physical events in the brain, but have no effects upon any physical events. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by William S. Robinson.
- By Robert H. Wozniak, Bryn Mawr College. History of philosophical and scientific reactions to "the Cartesian impasse". Spanish translation available.
- Folk psychology, "mindreading," eliminative materialism, functionalism, simulation theory, theory-theory, and autism. By Alexander Maeder.
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