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Websites in Philosophy

1. "Minds, Brains, and Programs"
   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.
   http://members.aol.com/NeoNoetics/MindsBrainsPrograms.html
   
   
2. A Definition of AI
   A proposition for a formal definition of AI.
   http://dobrev.com/AI/definition.html
   
   
3. A Philosophical Encounter by Aaron Sloman
   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.'
   http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/%7Eaxs/cog_affect/ijcai95.text
   
   
4. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
   ASSC "promotes research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness."
   http://assc.caltech.edu/
   
   
5. Astro Biological Coenergetics
   "An unorthodox new look at mind, consciousness and perception"
   http://www.tellworld.com/Astro.Biological.Coenergetics
   
   
6. Being Real by Judith S. Donath
   This appears in Goldberg, K. (ed.) The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet, MIT Press
   http://smg.media.mit.edu/papers/Donath/BeingReal/BeingReal.html
   
   
7. Brain in a Vat
   Can bad men make good brains do bad things?
   http://www.mindspring.com/~mfpatton/Tissues.htm
   
   
8. Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography
   Recent works in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of artificial intelligence, and on consciousness in the sciences
   http://ling.ucsc.edu/~chalmers/biblio.html
   
   
9. Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
   A comprehensive and up-to-date 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.
   http://artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/index.html
   
   
10. Ethics for Machines
    An esssay dealing with how to apply ethics to the possible thinking machines of the future.
    http://discuss.foresight.org/~josh/ethics.html
    
    
11. God Is the Machine
    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
    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.12/holytech.html
    
    
12. Imagination, Mental Imagery, Consciousness, Cognition
    "A resource for the study of imagination and mental images and their relevance to the understanding of consciousness and cognition"
    http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/index.htm
    
    
13. Kiss me, you human
    By Stephen Humphries: Robot Kismet can walk, talk, and make logical decisions. What's the next step in the quest for artificial intelligence?
    http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/06/28/p14s1.htm
    
    
14. Knowbotic Interface Project
    "A philosophical and scientific exploration in the art of digital modelling of the human consciousness"
    http://www.inm.de/kip/
    
    
15. MainFrame: Artificial Intelligence
    Material on Artificial Intelligence as engineering with emphasis on the exploitation of logic. A topography is presented with logic at the center.
    http://www.rbjones.com/rbjpub/cs/ai022.htm
    
    
16. PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness
    "A refereed electronic journal dedicated to supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain."
    http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/
    
    
17. Philosophers of Mind
    Links to online papers on AI and Philosophy of Mind.
    http://members.aol.com/lshauser/authors.html
    
    
18. Philosophy Topics: AI
    AI Topics provides basic, understandable information and helpful resources concerning artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on material available online.
    http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/phil.html
    
    
19. Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence Research Group
    Research papers on philosophy and AI, including work on causality, probability and Bayesian networks.
    http://www.kcl.ac.uk/philosophy.ai/
    
    
20. Philosophy and History of AI
    Philosophy and history of AI, personalities, links and suggested reading.
    http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/Notes/AI/philosophy.html
    
    
21. Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
    Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography. A massive listing.
    http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/biblio/4.html
    
    
22. Polycontexturality Homepage
    The idea of an extension of classical logic to cover simultaneously active ontological locations develop a philosophical theory and a mathematics of dialectics and of self-referential systems - a cybernetic theory of subjectivity as an interplay of cognition and volition.
    http://www.loveparade.net/pcl/
    
    
23. Principia Cybernetica
    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.
    http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Default.html
    
    
24. Sentience: The next moral dilemma
    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.
    http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,s2083942,00.html
    
    
25. Some Philosophy and AI material
    Links to resources for the following topics: Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Technical Documents.
    http://www.linfield.edu/~darnett/topiclst.html
    
    
26. Stevan Harnad E-Prints on Cognitive Psychology
    Papers on categorical perception, the symbol grounding problem, and consciousness, with particular emphasis on the philosophy of AI.
    http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/genpub.html
    
    
27. The Digital Philosopher
    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?
    http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/digicult/dc981209.htm
    
    
28. The mammalian brain
    "An old, bare-metal programmer looks at the mammalian brain and ventures a few remarks"
    http://www.wsg.net/~rscanlon/brain.html
    
    
29. Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence
    Some reflections on Artificial Intelligence and the nature of the Turing Test.
    http://www.kosara.net/thoughts/ai.html
    
    

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