Philosophers and scientists have been at war for decades over the question of what makes human beings more than complex robots Artificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessdistributed cognitionEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismneurosciencephilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindqualiasituated cognition
J. Kevin O’Regan on qualia. CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismHard problem of consciousnessJ. Kevin O’ReganneurophenomenologyphenomenologyPhenomenology of PerceptionPhilosophy of mindquailqualia
Another paper by Jack Birner. AIAlan TuringArtificial intelligenceCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecommunication of symbolic descriptionHayekjack birnerKarl Popperphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindphysicalist identity theoryqualiathe sensory orderTheory of mindvirtual machines
Frank Jackson on the Mary thought experiment and “Epiphenomenal Qualia” Elsewhere I’ve written: Jackson’s thought experiment bears a striking resemblance to Hayek’s discussion in The Sensory Order, 1.95. Hayek took inspiration from C. D. Broad, the idea that an omnipotent being would still not be able to predict the qualia associated with a substance, for…
This summary from the very excellent The Splintered Mind. BrainCognitive neuroscienceCognitive sciencecomplexityconsciousnessDaniel DennettDavid ChalmersEric Schwitzgebelphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindqualia
Michael Baruzzini‘s thoughts on Percy’s famous “ode” to Bourbon. (A companion piece is Luis Buñuel’s recipe for the perfect Martini mentioned in his autobiography and perhaps most famously in the film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie — for another time). Not only should connoisseurs of bourbon not read this article, neither should persons preoccupied with the…
Here’s a film that I chanced upon (I haven’t seen it yet). Once upon a time there was a world full of meaning, focused by exemplary figures in the form of gods and heroes, saints and sinners. How did we lose them, or, might they still be around, in the form of modern day masters,…
Evan on neurophenomenology (Evan is UBC’s big gain). brain scienceBuddhismCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEvan ThompsonmrineurophenomenologyPhilosophy of mindqualiaTranscendental Meditation
Dave Chalmers’ Amherst lecture. CognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessDavid ChalmersdualismMaterialismpanpsychismphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindqualia
This interview from New Philosopher I don’t read much philosophy, it upsets me when I read the nonsense written by my contemporaries, the theory of extended mind makes me want to throw up…so mostly I read works of fiction and history. Artificial intelligenceBrainChinese RoomCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessExtended MindExternalismJohn SearlePhilosophy of mindqualiathe “hard” problem of consciousness
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