Tag: "consciousness"

Souls, Minds, Bodies and Planets (part 2)

In which Mary Midgley discusses the nature of consciousness and argues that the legacy of Descartes is disasterous for our view of ourselves and our planet.
[Issue 48: October/November 2004: Consciousness]

Macmurray and Consciousness

Jeanne Warren on a philosopher of personality.
[Issue 48: October/November 2004: Consciousness]

Do Computers Have Syntax?

Michael Philips on the question of whether computers can think.
[Issue 39: December 2002 / January 2003: Articles]

Consciousness Resurrected

Güven Güzeldere asks where we are now with the mind-body problem.
[Issue 36: June/July 2002: Mind & Morals]

Memento

Does Hollywood sometimes get everything back-to-front? A new film called Memento certainly does. Our movie maestro Thomas Wartenberg takes a look.
[Issue 33: September/October 2001: Films]

Dan Dennett and my Quantum Proposition

Stephen Szanto on trying to combine the views of Roger Penrose and Dan Dennett on consciousness by what he calls his own modest proposition.
[Issue 32: June/July 2001: Articles]

The Mark of Zombie

These days philosophers of mind talk a lot about zombies, to illustrate ideas about the nature of consciousness. Edward Ingram thinks they are all crazy.
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001: Articles]

Introducing Consciousness

David Papineau and Ted Honderich recently locked horns at Borders Bookstore in London, in a debate organised by Philosophy For All and Philosophy Now.
[Issue 29: October/November 2000: Debate]

The Only Ones

A short story by Alistair Fruish.
[Issue 23: Spring 1999: Short Story]

Minds & Machines

How does the brain work? One of the world’s leading figures in philosophy of mind is Daniel Dennett, who describes himself as a cognitive scientist, and who is deeply interested in the development of artificial intelligence. Tim Madigan recently interviewed him for Philosophy Now.
[Issue 22: Winter 1998/99: Interview]