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DescriptionPhilosophy of Artificial Intelligence is an area for discussion on the combined disciples of the Philosophy of Mind with the scientific research, not restricted to Computer Science, into modeling, and replicating, human cognitive states in computing machinery.

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Philosophy and History of AI (Site) - Philosophy and history of AI, personalities, links and suggested reading.
A Definition of AI (Site) - A proposition for a formal definition of AI.
Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind (Site) - A collection of terms, definitions, and scholarly works on the topic of Philosophy of Mind that provides useful background material for the study of artificial intelligence theory.
PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness (Site) - "A refereed electronic journal dedicated to supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain."
Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation (Site) - Discussion of the epistemological status of simulation in a cross-disciplinary setting could contribute to a deeper understanding of relevant issues and so it proved.
Astro Biological Coenergetics (Site) - "An unorthodox new look at mind, consciousness and perception"
God Is the Machine (Site) - In the beginning there was 0. And then there was 1. A mind-bending meditation on the transcendent power of digital computation. By Kevin Kelly
Principia Cybernetica (Site) - The Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) is an international organization that tries to tackle age-old philosophical questions with the help of the most recent cybernetic theories and technologies. Stated more precisely, the Project's aim is the computer-supported collaborative development of an evolutionary-systemic philosophy.
Philosophers of Mind (Site) - Links to online papers on AI and Philosophy of Mind.
Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence (Site) - Some reflections on Artificial Intelligence and the nature of the Turing Test.
Brain-Mind: Know Thyself (Site) - Philosophy of mind for artificial intelligence. This paper was originally commissioned by and published in NOVEMBER Magazine. Links will lead to the free full text of the book, Ai4u: Mind-1.1 Programmer's Manual By Arthur T Murray
"Minds, Brains, and Programs" (Site) - John Searle's seminal text on problems with the metaphor of the brain as "computing device" in which his famous "Chinese Room" argument is brought forth as criticism of the philosophical foundation for examining human cognition via computer simulation.
Knowbotic Interface Project (Site) - "A philosophical and scientific exploration in the art of digital modelling of the human consciousness"
Stevan Harnad E-Prints on Cognitive Psychology (Site) - Papers on categorical perception, the symbol grounding problem, and consciousness, with particular emphasis on the philosophy of AI.
Brain in a Vat (Site) - Can bad men make good brains do bad things?
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (Site) - Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography. A massive listing.
MainFrame: Artificial Intelligence (Site) - Material on Artificial Intelligence as engineering with emphasis on the exploitation of logic. A topography is presented with logic at the center.
A Philosophical Encounter by Aaron Sloman (Site) - In Proceedings 14th International Joint Conference on AI Montreal, August 1995: `A philosophical encounter: An interactive presentation of some of the key philosophical problems in AI and AI problems in philosophy.'
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (Site) - ASSC "promotes research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness."
The Digital Philosopher (Site) - by Harvey Blume Can robotics shed light on the human mind? On evolution? Daniel Dennett -- whose work unites neuroscience, computer science, and evolutionary biology -- has some provocative answers. Is he on to something, or just chasing the zeitgeist?
What Robots Can & Can't Be (Site) - Essay by Selmer Bringsjord argues that AI will continue to produce machines with the capacity to pass stronger versions of the Turing Test but that the "Person Building Project" will inevitably fail. Abstract and chapter summations.
Being Real by Judith S. Donath (Site) - This appears in Goldberg, K. (ed.) The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet, MIT Press
Some Philosophy and AI material (Site) - Links to resources for the following topics: Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Technical Documents.
Kiss me, you human (Site) - By Stephen Humphries: Robot Kismet can walk, talk, and make logical decisions. What's the next step in the quest for artificial intelligence?
Sentience: The next moral dilemma (Site) - By Richard Barry: Humankind will have to decide how to live with a new sentient race. Sometime in the future machines will reach a level of intelligence that will challenge, or even surpass our own.

Philosophy and History of AI (Site) - Philosophy and history of AI, personalities, links and suggested reading.
A Definition of AI (Site) - A proposition for a formal definition of AI.
Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind (Site) - A collection of terms, definitions, and scholarly works on the topic of Philosophy of Mind that provides useful background material for the study of artificial intelligence theory.
PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness (Site) - "A refereed electronic journal dedicated to supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain."
Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation (Site) - Discussion of the epistemological status of simulation in a cross-disciplinary setting could contribute to a deeper understanding of relevant issues and so it proved.
Astro Biological Coenergetics (Site) - "An unorthodox new look at mind, consciousness and perception"
God Is the Machine (Site) - In the beginning there was 0. And then there was 1. A mind-bending meditation on the transcendent power of digital computation. By Kevin Kelly
Principia Cybernetica (Site) - The Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) is an international organization that tries to tackle age-old philosophical questions with the help of the most recent cybernetic theories and technologies. Stated more precisely, the Project's aim is the computer-supported collaborative development of an evolutionary-systemic philosophy.
Philosophers of Mind (Site) - Links to online papers on AI and Philosophy of Mind.
Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence (Site) - Some reflections on Artificial Intelligence and the nature of the Turing Test.
Brain-Mind: Know Thyself (Site) - Philosophy of mind for artificial intelligence. This paper was originally commissioned by and published in NOVEMBER Magazine. Links will lead to the free full text of the book, Ai4u: Mind-1.1 Programmer's Manual By Arthur T Murray
"Minds, Brains, and Programs" (Site) - John Searle's seminal text on problems with the metaphor of the brain as "computing device" in which his famous "Chinese Room" argument is brought forth as criticism of the philosophical foundation for examining human cognition via computer simulation.
Knowbotic Interface Project (Site) - "A philosophical and scientific exploration in the art of digital modelling of the human consciousness"
Stevan Harnad E-Prints on Cognitive Psychology (Site) - Papers on categorical perception, the symbol grounding problem, and consciousness, with particular emphasis on the philosophy of AI.
Brain in a Vat (Site) - Can bad men make good brains do bad things?
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (Site) - Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography. A massive listing.
MainFrame: Artificial Intelligence (Site) - Material on Artificial Intelligence as engineering with emphasis on the exploitation of logic. A topography is presented with logic at the center.
A Philosophical Encounter by Aaron Sloman (Site) - In Proceedings 14th International Joint Conference on AI Montreal, August 1995: `A philosophical encounter: An interactive presentation of some of the key philosophical problems in AI and AI problems in philosophy.'
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (Site) - ASSC "promotes research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness."
The Digital Philosopher (Site) - by Harvey Blume Can robotics shed light on the human mind? On evolution? Daniel Dennett -- whose work unites neuroscience, computer science, and evolutionary biology -- has some provocative answers. Is he on to something, or just chasing the zeitgeist?
What Robots Can & Can't Be (Site) - Essay by Selmer Bringsjord argues that AI will continue to produce machines with the capacity to pass stronger versions of the Turing Test but that the "Person Building Project" will inevitably fail. Abstract and chapter summations.
Being Real by Judith S. Donath (Site) - This appears in Goldberg, K. (ed.) The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet, MIT Press
Some Philosophy and AI material (Site) - Links to resources for the following topics: Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Technical Documents.
Kiss me, you human (Site) - By Stephen Humphries: Robot Kismet can walk, talk, and make logical decisions. What's the next step in the quest for artificial intelligence?
Sentience: The next moral dilemma (Site) - By Richard Barry: Humankind will have to decide how to live with a new sentient race. Sometime in the future machines will reach a level of intelligence that will challenge, or even surpass our own.
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The bPhilosophyb of Disability (Post) - Humbolt State University in California publishes a bi-annual journal on philosophy. Their January 2008, issue is focussed on the philosophy of disability. This was a most unexpected find for me. I have been reading philosophy lately but ...
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A Little Piece of bPhilosophyb (Post) - "All things which are in nature are either things or actions. Now good and evil are neither things nor actions. Therefore good and evil do not exist in nature. " B. Spinoza Discuss.
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Sunday links (Post) - The Apostate: a passionate blog by a young Pakistani woman now living in California. Republicans vote against moms; no word yet on puppies, kittens. Actual WaPo headline. Feminist Philosophers on objectification. ...
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What is reading (Post) - The only guide to authorial intent is, perhaps, existing expression. Umberto Eco outlines a form for reading where the author scribbles down some words with one intention that is their own yet a reader recieves those words with a second ...
Anyone feel like arguing (Post) - [quote user="[Herr Iosity]"] Psychiatry stems from the believe that educated people have the power to solve problems that they have invented. I wonder, if there was no psychiatry, would there be psychiatric problems? ...
Is Strong Atheism Justified (Post) - [quote user="David"] Are people who have evidence for their beliefs more rational than people with no evidence for their beliefs?[/quote] Yes, and necessarily so. Defining rationality as consistency between the information acted upon ...
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The bPhilosophyb of Science (Post) - The status of science has been a main bone of contention in modern western philosophy at least since Descartes. But the line I take in philosophy of science is simply a matter of following along with real thinkers like Karl Popper, ...
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Anyone feel like arguing (Post) - [quote user="unamused scuttled animist"]. BluesMasterElf:. [Herr Iosity]: Psychiatry stems from the believe that educated people have the power to solve problems that they have invented. I wonder, if there was no psychiatry, ...
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The bPhilosophyb of Science (Post) - I think philosophy and science need one another. Science is attempting to understand the things in this world we live in and philosophy is gaining an understanding of the nature of the information we accumulate. A good philosophy is ...
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A Dialectic Excersize (Post) - ^^^^ In other words, any debate about anything related to race differences in empirical reality has zero meaning, because those differences do not exist-- unless you want to debate within a 6% variation across the entire human genome.
What can think (Post) - I would like to know what people think of Searle’s suggestion that there is a substantial essence relevant to whether a thing can think �€" or more precisely, possess intentionality. He accuses AI supporters and the whole computational ...
Anyone feel like arguing (Post) - [quote user="Princess Super Luna the Faery"]. unamused scuttled animist:. BluesMasterElf:. Princess Super Luna the Faery: It is still hot but cloudy. It is all your fault blues. Is it now. And here I was thinking it was animists fault. ...
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Who is the puppetmaster (Post) - [quote user="ALittleBirdieToldMe"]. Apathy:. Danny Sings:. Антон Ю.М.Ш.:. ALittleBirdieToldMe: And whats a "simulated experience?" "puppetmaster", "simulated experience": you watched "Matrix" movie far too much, didnt you? ...
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Judicial bphilosophyb What is USA Today talking about (Post) - In an editorial on John McCain’s judicial philosophy, the editors of USA Today show themselves to be shallow and uninformed:. Social conservatives are a key part of the Republican coalition, and their top priority is control of the ...
Is Strong Atheism Justified (Post) - [quote user="Rhetoric"]. SkeleTony:. Rhetoric: No. Believing you know there is no God is as arrogant as believing you know He exists. Everyone has their own opinion on this matter, but the only opinion I think is absolutely justified is ...
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Homer Simpson Ph.D. (Post) - The things in heaven and Earth work far more perversely than dreamed of by our science and philosophy. We pull Homers and go on. Life (and science) is resilient. Could this be what the wise Hawking saw all along? ...
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Parting company (News) - Citing a difference in hockey philosophy, Avalanche general manager Francois Giguere on Friday outlined the reasons why his team and coach Joel Quenneville are parting company.
Site Search (News) - Labour stalwart Dennis Turner has warned the Government that it must return to its redistribution philosophy to get back on track – and help “heal the hurt” felt by voters.
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In search of democracy, he pounds the pavement (News) - Mark Kingwell relies a lot on his legs and feet to move around the city. When the author, University of Toronto philosophy professor and non-motorist wants to get somewhere relatively quickly, he rides a bike. When he wants to ruminate as he goes, he walks.
Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media An Opinionated Digest by George Siemens May. 11 08 (News) - From social media to personal networks , all new media and technologies play an increasingly important role in how we understand and handle our increasingly complex lives. Media, news, video games , communication theory, philosophy, and other areas contribute to my understanding of the role of technology for learning. But learning is not confined to colleges and universities. For those in the ...
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Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist (metaphysics); the nature of knowledge (epistemology); and the principles of reasoning (logic).[1][2] The word is of Ancient Greek origin: φιλοσοφία (philosophía), meaning "love of knowledge", "love of wisdom"[3][4][5].