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Daniel Dennett
1942 – 2024/Tufts Cognitive scienceconsciousnessDaniel Dennettevolutionary biologyPhilosophy of mindreligion and science
Panpsychism
Discussion of the topic on Radio 4’s In Our Time. consciousnesspanpsychismPhilosophy of mindreductionism
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
Colin Blakemore: 1944-2022
Back in the day I enjoyed Blakemore’s BBC series (with accompanying book) The Mind Machine, several episodes available on YouTube. Also well-worth a read (coedited with Susan Greenfield) is the book Mindwaves: Thoughts on Intelligence, Identity, and Consciousness. See the obit On Colin. Cognitive sciencecolin blakemoreconsciousnessneurosciencePhilosophy of mindsusan greenfield
By ‘Appointment Only,’ Even After Death
Philosopher UT Place donates brain to University of Adelaide after dedicating his life to studying the mind consciousnessPhilosophy of mindUT Place
The Cognitive Dimension
The always subtle (philosophically, historically, and most especially, sociologically) Stephen Turner. His piece is freely available here. Cognitive sciencephilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindStephen Turner
Karl Friston on embodied cognition
Karl gives a quick overview of the field with more than a nod to the philosophical aspect. Karl was the one who did an MRI and fMRI scan of me 20 years ago: The software failed that day and I was stuck in the scanner for at least an hour or so. Not a pleasant…
The Divided Brain
Entertaining conversation between Iain McGilchrist and Sam Harris. Cognitive scienceconsciousnessIain McGilchristneurosciencePhilosophy of mindsam harris
Chess as Played by Artificial Intelligence
A terrific overview of the history of chess machines. It brought back memories of several of those iterations. Article is freely available here. Artificial intelligencechessPhilosophy of mind
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