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The classic 1950 article by Alan Turing on machine intelligence, where he introduces the famous Turing test.
http://www.abelard.org/turpap/turpap.htm

The interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Paul Thagard..
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cognitive-science/

Movement in cognitive science which hopes to explain human intellectual abilities using artificial neural networks. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by James W. Garson.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/connectionism/

Discusses the contention that a given mental kind (property, state, event) is realized by distinct physical kinds. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by John Bickle.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/multiple-realizability/

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 Encyclopedia, by David Pitt.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mental-representation/

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.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mind-identity/

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.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epiphenomenalism/

Discussion of the connection between phenomenal consciousness and intentionality; by Charles Siewert.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-intentionality/

History and philosophical accounts of unity of consciousness; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Andrew Brook.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-unity/

Theories which explain conscious states by their relations to higher-order representations of them; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Peter Carruthers.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-higher/

The doctrine that mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by William Seager.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/

The philosophical theory that the mind is, or functions like, a computer; by Steven Horst.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computational-mind/

The view that some or all of the mental states posited by common-sense do not actually exist; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by William Ramsey.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/materialism-eliminative/

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.
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/

The leading U.S. organization for discussion between (analytic) philosophers and (mainly cognitively oriented) psychologists.
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/cogsci/spp/spphp.html

A New and Challenging Philosophy of Mind.
http://www.hyponoesis.org/

Commentaries on books and ideas from philosophers of mind including Patricia Churchland, Terrence Sejnowski, Paul Churchland, Ned Block, Owen Flanagan, Daniel Dennett, Georges Rey.
http://www.geocities.com/Researc...gle/System/8870/books/philo.html

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).
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publications by Daniel Dennett and other Center Associates  Two steps closer on consciousness for Brian Keeley, ed volume on Paul Churcland 2003 The Bright Stuff The New York Times, July 12, 2003 How has Darwin's theory of natural selection transformed our view of humanity's place in the universe...
http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/pubpage.htm

Many helpfully categorized links and introductory material concerning embodied/situated approaches to cognition, ranging from Artificial Life research to Existentialism. By Ronald Lemmen.
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Non-Cartesian Cognitive Science  Cartesian in the sense that it takes as fundamental the distinction between the mental and the physical, the mind and the world, the subject and the object. It is this Cartesianism which leads to such claims as that cognition must...
http://www.magneticfields.org/sky/aarc/noncartesian.html

Introductory and advanced material on the imagery debate, cognitive science, and metaphysical issues.
http://www.gis.net/~tbirch

A personal perspective, with many links, from Artificial Intelligence researcher Mark Humphrys.
http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/philosophy.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.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/papers/extended.html

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.
http://www.macrovu.com/CCTHowItWork1.html

Articles on dualism and parapsychology by John Beloff.
http://moebius.psy.ed.ac.uk/~dualism/papers/

An electronic journal and discussion forum for foundational issues in psychology, psychopathology, the mind-brain relation and 'consciousness'. (Not especially focused on the ideas of Jaspers.)
http://www.douglashospital.qc.ca/fdg/kjf/

By Robert H. Wozniak, Bryn Mawr College. History of philosophical and scientific reactions to "the Cartesian impasse". Spanish translation available.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exhibitions/Mind/

Argues that epiphenomenalism, identity theory and parallellism are all incoherent. Unless one denies consciousness only dualistic interactionism and idealism remain viable.
http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/index-23.html

Survey articles on key issues in the field, and an annotated bibliography.
http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/

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.
http://www.simulation-argument.com/

Transcript from a live online chat with David Chalmers on September 25th 2002.
http://www.iscid.org/davidchalmers-chat.php

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.
http://lgxserver.uniba.it/lei/mind/home.htm

Information about experimental data gathered by people working in the philosophy of mind.
http://www.princeton.edu/~jknobe/ExperimentalPhilosophy.html

ICQ chat and forum on philosophy of mind, including the mind-body problem, free will, cognition, and perception.
http://web.icq.com/groups/group_details?gid=11992318

The man's presumptuousness considers always that the reality is only one, that accessible to his senses, his intellection and his instrumental of investigation tools. But the things are really so? In MatterAither the foundations of the real dualism (as philosophy of anthropic dual reality)are exposed. The conception of a dual human reality(approximately: to live and to feel)is born on atheistic base.
http://it.geocities.com/reason_v_psyche

Article by Daniel Dennett (1996).
http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/sheffield.htm

A special issue of the Open Source online journal Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design (PCID) containing eight essays outlining non-reductive theories of the mind.
http://www.iscid.org/pcid/2003/2/3/pcid_contents_2003_2_3.php

The principle of parsimony and its application to the mind-body problem
http://www.tk421.net/essays/simple.html

Includes a study of belief, mind, relativity, sign systems and matter. Philosophy is integrated with psychology and science.
http://www.modern-thinker.co.uk

Contains theory and essays by Mayer Spivack. Primarily emphasises human cognition, animal cognition, associative reasoning (syncretic reasoning), creativity, learning and learning disability.
http://artsandminds.typepad.com/artsandminds/

Articles on the subject of philosophy of mind.
http://www.bbsonline.org/view-phil-mind.html

A peer reviewed journal devoted to the philosophical, metaphysical, and methodological foundations of the study of behavior, brain, and mind. Articles from more recent volumes are available for free online. Published by the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
http://www.behavior.org/journals...r.org/journals_BP/BP_welcome.cfm

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.
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/index.htm

A view on consciousness, universal existence, nothingness, reality.
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/p...l.articles/1998/SimConEx.98.html

The naturalism of the Bright Movement is present in Real Dualism, but even an anthropologic analysis that get over the traditional materialism
http://not-only-bright.exactpages.com

Thousands of entries, categorized by subject matter. From David Chalmers.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/biblio.html

Proposal due to Alan Turing for a criterion of the presence of mind or consciousness; by Graham Oppy and David Dowe.
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The Turing Test  Unicode to format the display. If you think special symbols are not displaying correctly, see our guide Displaying Special Characters. last substantive content change JUL 28 2005 The Encyclopedia Now Needs Your Support Please Read How You Can Help Keep...
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing-test/