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8Deane W. Curtin, Ed., The Aesthetic Dimensiom of ScienceJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 42 (2): 240-241. 1983.
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82Progress in PhilosophyAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 23 (1). 1986.The work is an attempt to answer the transcendental question, "How is progress in philosophy possible?" The character of philosophical beliefs and doubts is examined, and it is argued that in the exigent context of philosophical practice in the agonistic analytic tradition, a certain limited doxastic voluntarism is possible. The role of both ordinary and ideal language intuitions is criticized; it is concluded that these cannot serve as uncontroversial pretheoretical givens of inquiry. As an ext…Read more
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96Drawing conclusions against conventionalismSouthern Journal of Philosophy 23 (3): 337-345. 1985.This article argues against the purely conventionalist account of depiction offered by Nelson Goodman and others. It defends a "pantographic" resemblance theory.
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73Distinguishing consciousnessPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 47 (December): 289-95. 1986.
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18Drawing Conclusions Against ConventionalismSouthern Journal of Philosophy 23 (3): 337-345. 2010.
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63Consciousness and complexityProgress in Information, Complexity, and Design 2 (3). 2003.This essay argues that the complexity of a physical "realizer" of mental states does not get us any closer to understanding consciousness.
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106Does God exist?: a dialogueHackett Publishing. 1996.Moody maps the spectrum of philosophical arguments and counterarguments for the existence of God.
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42Philosophy and Artificial IntelligencePrentice-Hall. 1993.An exploration of the important philosophical issues and concerns related to artificial intelligence. The book focuses on the philosphical, rather than the technical or technological aspects of artificial intelligence.
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6Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem: The State of the ArgumentJournal of Consciousness Studies 21 (3-4): 177-190. 2014.
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16Does God Exist?: A Dialogue on the Proofs for God’s ExistenceHackett Publishing Company. 2013.In this engaging introductory dialogue, Todd Moody maps the spectrum of philosophical arguments and counterarguments for the existence of God. Structuring colloquial conversations along classical lines, he presents a lively and accessible discussion of issues that are central to both theist and atheist thinking, including the burden of proof, the first cause, a necessary being, the natural order, suffering, miracles, experience as knowledge, and rationality without proof. The second edition is a…Read more
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48Why zombies won't stay deadJournal of Consciousness Studies 2 (4): 365-372. 1995.There is no question that zombie thought experiments exert a strong pull on the philosophical imagination. This may be an embarrassment to the profession, as Daniel Dennett complains, but it is not an effect that is likely to vanish soon. It is natural to wonder how something as unique as consciousness could be associated with physical systems and to wonder what it would mean if it were altogether absent. I cannot possibly address all of the questions raised by my commentators but I hope I can a…Read more
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387Conversations with zombiesJournal of Consciousness Studies 1 (2): 196-200. 1994.The problem of `conscious inessentialism' is examined in the literature, and an argument is presented that the presence of consciousness is indeed marked by a behavioural difference, but that this should be looked for at the cultural level of speech communities
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