A Field Guide to the Philosophy of Mind
Survey articles on key issues in the field, and an annotated bibliography. |
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. |
Bibliography on the current debate on commonsense psychology
Folk psychology, "mindreading," eliminative materialism, functionalism, simulation theory, theory-theory, autism, etc. By Alexander Maeder. |
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. |
Cognitive Science
The interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Paul Thagard.. |
Cognitive Systems
A more precise account of the cognitive neuroscientific notion of cognitive systems is developed in this paper. |
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
The classic 1950 article by Alan Turing on machine intelligence, where he introduces the famous Turing test. |
Connectionism
Movement in cognitive science which hopes to explain human intellectual abilities using artificial neural networks. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by James W. Garson. |
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This page makes available online versions of many recent (1987-1997) published and unpublished articles, reviews, etc.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). |
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 en |
Dualism: Papers
Articles on dualism and parapsychology by John Beloff. |
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. |
Exit Epiphenomenalism
Argues that epiphenomenalism, identity theory and parallellism are all incoherent. Unless one denies consciousness only dualistic interactionism and idealism remain viable. |
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. |
Mental Images: Philosophical Psychology
Introductory and advanced material on the imagery debate, cognitive science, and metaphysical issues. |
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 Encyclop |
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. |
Mind/Brain resources.
Useful links on cognition and mind from well known cognitively oriented philosopher Valerie Gray Hardcastle. |
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. |
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. |
Parsimony and the Mind
The principle of parsimony and its application to the mind-body problem |
Philosophy of Mind
From the "Philosophy Research Base" (ErraticImpact.com). |
SWIF Philosophy of Mind
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 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 McDonnell Project in Philosophy and the Neurosciences
An international project looking at issues at the intersection of philosophy and the neurosciences. |
The Philosophy and Future of AI
A personal perspective, with many links, from Artificial Intelligence researcher Mark Humphrys. |
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.) |
The Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP).
The leading U.S. organization for discussion between (analytic) philosophers and (mainly cognitively oriented) psychologists. |
