Tag: "philosophy of mind"

Francis Crick’s Deliberately Provocative Reductionism

Paul Austin Murphy repudiates a blasé reduction of mind to matter by one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA.
[Issue 130: February/March 2019: Mind & Self]

Thought, Consciousness, Brains and Machines

Adrian Brockless on the proper way to use the words ‘thought’ and ‘consciousness’.
[Issue 130: February/March 2019: Mind & Self]

Humanity, Metaphor & the Recursive Mind

Brian King wonders what there is about human minds that’s unique to us.
[Issue 130: February/March 2019: Mind & Self]

From Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel Dennett

We delve into the brain to look for the mind this issue as Peter Stone agrees with Daniel Dennett that we don’t know our own minds (or brains).
[Issue 129: December 2018 / January 2019: Books]

I Am Not A Brain by Markus Gabriel

Stephen Anderson agrees with Markus Gabriel that our minds aren’t brains.
[Issue 129: December 2018 / January 2019: Books]

Brains, Minds, Selves

Raymond Tallis uses all three to show that he has all three.
[Issue 129: December 2018 / January 2019: Tallis in Wonderland]

Jerry Fodor (1935-2017)

Daniel Hutto says goodbye to a memorable philosophical sparring partner.
[Issue 124: February/March 2018: Obituary]

Catherine Malabou & The Continental Philosophy of Brains

Dale DeBakcsy urges rigor in applying science allegorically to philosophical problems.
[Issue 114: June/July 2016: Philosophical Science]

Hilary Putnam (1926-2016)

Maria Baghramian remembers her long-standing mentor and friend.
[Issue 114: June/July 2016: Obituary]

Anxiety by Jacques Lacan

Peter Caws critiques Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic obscurantism.
[Issue 113: April/May 2016: Books]