Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind

A comprehensive and up-to-date collection of definitions and brief scholarly discussions of key terms in the Philosophy of Mind. Also includes brief biographical sketches of important figures in cognitive science.

The leading U.S. organization for discussion between (analytic) philosophers and (mainly cognitively oriented) psychologists.

A New and Challenging Philosophy of Mind.

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.

Commentaries on books and ideas from philosophers of mind including Patricia Churchland, Terrence Sejnowski, Paul Churchland, Ned Block, Owen Flanagan, Daniel Dennett, Georges Rey.

This page makes available online versions of many recent (1987-1997) published and unpublished articles, and reviews, by this influential and unusually readable philosopher (and by some of his associates).

The interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Paul Thagard..

Many helpfully categorized links and introductory material concerning embodied/situated approaches to cognition, ranging from Artificial Life research to Existentialism. By Ronald Lemmen.

Thousands of entries, categorized by subject matter. From David Chalmers.

Introductory and advanced material on the imagery debate, cognitive science, and metaphysical issues.

The classic 1950 article by Alan Turing on machine intelligence, where he introduces the famous Turing test.

A personal perspective, with many links, from Artificial Intelligence researcher Mark Humphrys.

An international project looking at issues at the intersection of philosophy and the neurosciences.

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.

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.

Articles on dualism and parapsychology by John Beloff.