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552Logic is useful as a neutral formalism for expressing the contents of mental representations. It can be used to extract crisp conclusions regarding the higher-order theory of phenomenal consciousness developed in (McDermott 2001, 20007). A key aspect of conscious perceptions is their connection to the distinction between appearance and reality. Perceptions must often be corrected. To do so requires that the logic of perception be able to represent the logical structure of judgment events, that i…Read more
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23A vehicle with no wheelsBehavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (1): 161-161. 1999.O'Brien & Opie's theory fails to address the issue of consciousness and introspection. They take for granted that once something is experienced, it can be commented on. But introspection requires neural structures that, according to their theory, have nothing to do with experience as such. That makes the tight coupling between the two in humans a mystery.
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40Erratum: "What does a Sloman want?"International Journal of Machine Consciousness 2 (2): 385-385. 2010.
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55Response to The Singularity by David ChalmersJournal of Consciousness Studies 19 (1-2): 1-2. 2012.
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117Artificial intelligence meets natural stupidityIn J. Haugel (ed.), Mind Design, Mit Press. pp. 5-18. 1981.
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13Mind and Mechanism (edited book)Yale University. 2001.An exploration of the mind-body problem from the perspective of artificial intelligence.
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22Optimization and connectionism are two different thingsBehavioral and Brain Sciences 12 (3): 483-484. 1989.
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Yale UniversityRegular Faculty
New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |