A new theoretical study argues that many standard beliefs about consciousness are rooted in a misleading concept of how the brain functions.

[W]hat is the chief characteristic of the tall office building? And at once we answer, it is lofty. soaring thing, rising in sheer exultation that from bottom to top it is a unit without a single ...

In his recent article "The Computational Model of the Mind and Philosophical Functionalism," Richard Double argues that there are some fairly forceful a priori arguments showing that Philosophical ...

© F.Eveleens, via Wikipedia under CC BY 3.0 This question becomes particularly relevant in residential design, especially in regions like Hong Kong or Tokyo, where ...

The brain in a jar is a different inquiry than traditional questions about artificial intelligence. The brain in a jar asks whether thinking requires a thinker. The possibility of artificial ...