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August 10, 2022barry smith

Why Machines Will Never Rule the World Artificial: Intelligence without Fear

Barry Smith (and coauthor) has an about-to-be published book. Artificial intelligenceBarry SmithcomplexityPhilosophy of mind

July 20, 2019barry smith

There is no general AI: Why Turing machines cannot pass the Turing test

The very excellent Barry Smith has coauthored this recent open access piece. AIAlan TuringArtificial intelligenceBarry Smithphilosophical humorPhilosophy of mindTuring test

June 19, 2017barry smith

University of Buffalo slide show of Barry’s festschrift

Barry Smithcosmos & taxisEconomicsOntology

June 16, 2017barry smith

A Festschrift for Barry Smith

I have never met Barry Smith in person but over the years he has been incredibly helpful and supportive of my various philosophical enterprises. Having only been familiar with Hayek’s social philosophy, it was Barry who first brought me to Hayek’s philosophical psychology and for that alone I’m especially grateful. Unlike so many in your…

May 14, 2017barry smith

Brentano, Kafka and Hayek

While working on a Barry Smith related project I was reminded of two fascinating papers by this incredibly productive, eclectic and just downright decent and responsive bloke whose work in ontology has had real and positive practical import for medical science. As you might be aware, many philosophers these days are in the business of self-aggrandizement, “activism posing as…

April 3, 2012barry smith, brain, brain damage, brain reading, brain scans, brain science, chris frith, consciousness, dualism, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science

Science of Consciousness

Here is the follow up to an earlier post on The Royal Institution event: presentations discussion BrainChris FrithCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionHard problem of consciousnessPhilosophy of mindPsychologyqualiaRoyal Institution

March 6, 2012barry smith, cognitive science, consciousness, neurophilosophy, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, the "easy" problems, the "hard" problem

Neuroscience and philosophy must work together

Part of the Guardian’s Hard Problem series. BrainCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceneurosciencePhilosophy of mindqualia

February 28, 2012Anil Seth, barry smith, behaviorism, brain science, chris frith, cognition, cognitive closure, cognitive science, consciousness, david chalmers, mri, naturalism, neural correlates, neurobiology, neurophilosophy, Neurophysics, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, physicalism, qualia, the "easy" problems, the "hard" problem, zombies

Can science ever explain consciousness?

Anil Seth, Chris Frith and Barry Smith (of Birkbeck, not Buffalo!) outline the topography in a podcast. Anil SethBarry SmithChris FrithCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionMagnetic resonance imagingneurosciencePhilosophy of mindqualia

October 4, 2010barry smith, brain, brain science, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, neurobiology, neuron, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, psychology, qualia

The Mysteries of the Brain

Here is Barry Smith talking on the BBC World Service on The Mysteries of the Brain.