Tag: "philosophy of mind"

Minds and Computers: An Introduction to AI by Matt Carter

Nicholas Everitt thinks about Matt Carter thinking about computers thinking.
[Issue 68: July/August 2008: Books]

How Are The Mind And Brain Related?

The following readers’ answers to this central philosophical question each win a random book.
[Issue 65: January/February 2008: Question of the Month]

Mind by Eric Matthews

Grant Bartley finds a lot to think about in Eric Matthews’ ‘brainy’ pondering of mind.
[Issue 59: January/February 2007: Books]

Peter Strawson (1919-2006): A Sort of Obituary

John Heawood gives us an overview of Peter Strawson’s subtle philosophy, and explains why his insights about predicates and persons still matter.
[Issue 57: September/October 2006: Articles]

The Notebook

Katherine Power explores the advantage of having an extended mind.
[Issue 55: May/June 2006: Articles]

How To Be Conscious: Mind & Matter Revisited

What exactly is consciousness? Roger Caldwell looks at the current ideas of three leading figures in philosophy of mind, as revealed in their latest books.
[Issue 54: February/March 2006: Articles]

Hacking the Brain

Could advances in technology soon give us perfect knowledge of other minds? Bora Dogan investigates.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005: Empathy]

The Paradox of Empathy

Ramsey McNabb on knowing how other people feel.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005: Empathy]

Physicalism & Empathetic Understanding

Michael Philips argues that the possibility of empathy is incompatible with the idea that the world is physical through and through.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005: Empathy]

Igor Aleksander

Igor Aleksander is a leading researcher on machine consciousness. Julian Moore asked him about brains and language, self-awareness and robot rights.
[Issue 48: October/November 2004: Interview]