Philosophy of Mind
Categories
- Consciousness Studies (89)
- Language of Thought (14)
- Philosophers (22)
Links
Stanford Encyclopedia - The Computational Theory of Mind
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computational-mind/
The philosophical theory that the mind is, or functions like, a computer; by Steven Horst.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The Turing Test
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing-test/
Proposal due to Alan Turing for a criterion of the presence of mind or consciousness; by Graham Oppy and David Dowe.
SWIF Philosophy of Mind
http://lgxserver.uniba.it/lei/mind/home.htm
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
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/papers/extended.html
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
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mind-identity/
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
http://www.sfu.ca/neurophilosophy/
An international project looking at issues at the intersection of philosophy and the neurosciences.
The Philosophy and Future of AI
http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/philosophy.html
A personal perspective, with many links, from Artificial Intelligence researcher Mark Humphrys.
The Pre-History of Cognitive Science
http://www.rc.umd.edu/cstahmer/cogsci/
An annotated bibliography of the models of human cognition of Berkeley, Burton, Hobbes, and Locke. (More figures from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries are promised.)
The Simulation Argument
http://www.simulation-argument.com/
Site examining the hypothesis that we are currently living in an "ancestor simulation" run by a future, post-human society. Includes papers and research links.
The Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP).
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/cogsci/spp/spphp.html
The leading U.S. organization for discussion between (analytic) philosophers and (mainly cognitively oriented) psychologists.



