Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Mind Links
- Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography Thousands of entries, categorized by subject matter. From David Chalmers.
- Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind. Concise and relatively objective definitions of key terms in the Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science. Sometimes the entries contain longer discussions, bibliographies, and links to other relevant sites. More of such additional materials (and more entries) are promised. There are also brief biographies and outlines of the work of some of the leading figures in contemporary Cognitive Science (not philosophers, for the most part). Entries are peer reviewed by reputable academic philosophers to ensure quality and accuracy.
- Mental Representation 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 Encyclopedia, by David Pitt.
- Cognitive Systems A more precise account of the cognitive neuroscientific notion of cognitive systems is developed in this paper.
- Philosophy of Mind By Luca Malatesti. 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.
- Commonsense psychology Extensive bibliography (with thematic classification of entries), and links, concerning the debate about the nature of "folk psychology" (or "theory of mind").
- Computing Machinery and Intelligence The classic 1950 article by Alan Turing on machine intelligence, where he introduces the famous Turing test.
- Mental Images: Philosophical Psychology Introductory and advanced material on the imagery debate, cognitive science, and metaphysical issues.
- Philosophy of Mind From the "Philosophy Research Base" (ErraticImpact.com).
- Folk Psychology vs. Mental Simulation: How Minds Understand Minds 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, the causes of autism, etc. Articles by Gordon, Stich, and others.
- Connectionism Movement in cognitive science which hopes to explain human intellectual abilities using artificial neural networks. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by James W. Garson.
- Dualism: Papers Articles on dualism and parapsychology by John Beloff.
- Non-Cartesian Cognitive Science. Many helpfully categorized links and introductory material concerning embodied/situated approaches to cognition, ranging from Artificial Life research to Existentialism. By Ronald Lemmen.
- A Field Guide to the Philosophy of Mind Encyclopedia with annotated bibliographies, reviews, discussion forum.
- The Philosophy and Future of AI A personal perspective, with many links, from Artificial Intelligence researcher Mark Humphrys.
- Epiphenomenalism 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.
- Cognitive Science The interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Paul Thagard..
- The Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP). The leading U.S. organization for discussion between (analytic) philosophers and (mainly cognitively oriented) psychologists.
- The Extended Mind 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.
- The Identity Theory of Mind 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.
- The Pre-History of Cognitive Science An annotated bibliograpy of the models of human cognition of Berkeley, Burton, Hobbes, and Locke. (More figures from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries are promised.)
- Multiple Realizability Discusses the contention that a given mental kind (property, state, event) is realized by distinct physical kinds. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by John Bickle.
- Parsimony and the Mind The principle of parsimony and its application to the mind-body problem
- Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. 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.
- Books about Philosophy of Mind Commentaries on books and ideas from philosophers of mind including Patricia Churchland, Terrence Sejnowski, Paul Churchland, Ned Block, Owen Flanagan, Daniel Dennett, Georges Rey.
- Squashed Descartes Condensed edition of Descartes' 'Meditatione', with study notes and glossary.
- Philosophy of Mind An introductory essay on the philosophy of mind as it relates to cognitive science. By Rob A. Wilson.
- Daniel C. Dennett - publications and preprints. This page makes available online versions of many recent (1987-1997) published and unpublished articles, reviews, etc. by this influential and unusually readable philosopher (and by some of his associates).
- Mind/Brain resources. Useful links on cognition and mind from well known cognitively oriented philosopher Valerie Gray Hardcastle.
- Mind and Body: Rene Descartes to William James By Robert H. Wozniak, Bryn Mawr College. History of philosophical and scientific reactions to "the Cartesian impasse". Spanish translation available.
- Karl Jaspers Forum 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.)
- Hyponoeticism - New Philosophy of Mind A New and Challenging Philosophy of Mind.
- Imagination, Mental Imagery, Consciousness and Cognition 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.
- Exit Epiphenomenalism Argues that epiphenomenalism, identity theory and parallellism are all incoherent. Unless one denies consciousness only dualistic interactionism and idealism remain viable.
- Argumentation Map: Do Computers Have to be Conscious to Think? 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.
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