Category: Philosophy of Mind | Page 6

Beautiful mystical forest in blue fog in autumn. Colorful landscape with enchanted trees with orange and red leaves. Scenery with path in dreamy foggy forest. Fall colors in october. Nature background

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 30, 2024

Categorized
Mathematics, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Johannes Kleiner, Oshan Jarow}

Can Mathematics Describe Our Innermost Life When Words Fail?

_{What if the researchers end up with a number that means nothing while the experience itself remains a barely describable personal event?} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 30, 2024

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Mathematics, Philosophy of Mind}

“Evolution” theories about the human mind play a key role in the manufacture of non-knowledge posing as knowledge, and we are urged to treat them as knowledge. Read More ›

A wildlife conservationist caring for a rescued, endangered species, showing their dedication to preserving nature.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 28, 2024

Categorized
Animal mind, Environment, Ethics, Evolution, Human exceptionalism, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Animal rights}

If Humans Were Just Animals, We Would Not Help Animals

_{Whether we like it or not, the gulf fixed between humans and other animals is what makes it possible for us to reject cruelty to animals} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 28, 2024

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Animal mind, Environment, Ethics, Evolution, Human exceptionalism, Philosophy of Mind}

The “human evolution” narrative that ignores the critical distinction handicaps the thinking of philosopher Hugh Desmond and many others. Read More ›

A futuristic artificial intelligence neural network chatbot. A holographic AI chatbot assistant. (generative AI)

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News
Date
May 25, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, Relationships}

Is the New Natural-Sounding Chatbot GPT4.o Breaking a Barrier?

_{It depends on what barrier you mean, says philosopher of technology Shannon Vallor. It could harm vulnerable people by convincing them that it is a person} _{News
May 25, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, Relationships}

It’s interesting that science fiction gets so much right — but then, about our relationship with AI, it gets the key thing so wrong. Read More ›

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Gary Varner
Date
May 25, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Robotics, Science Fiction

Tagged
Alex Murphy (Robocop), Dennett Norton (Robocop), ED-209 (Robocop 2014), Raymond Sellars (Robocop 2014), Rick Mattox (Robocop 2014), RoboCop (2014)}

Does a Lack of Empathy Make You More Efficient?

_{Robocop (2014) tests out that thesis when Murphy, now a robocop, is matched against actual robots} _{Gary Varner
May 25, 2024

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Philosophy of Mind, Robotics, Science Fiction}

With all of the city’s criminal records downloaded into his mind and his dopamine levels nearly zero, Murphy meets the press… Read More ›

Portrait of Neanderthal man tending to a fire in a primitive shelter, embodying protection and provider instincts.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 24, 2024

Categorized
Archeology, Neuroscience, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind}

Could Neanderthals Speak? It Depends on Who You Talk To

_{Theorists who will, sadly, never converse with a living Neanderthal imagine things they could and couldn’t do linguistically} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 24, 2024

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Archeology, Neuroscience, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind}

Humans can tolerate mysteries quite well as long as we can fill them in with speculations, which in the end tell us mostly about ourselves. Read More ›

Create yourself concept. Good looking young man drawing a picture, sketch of himself

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 21, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Raymond Tallis, Robert Lawrence Kuhn}

Neuroscientist: The “I” of Consciousness Cannot Be Explained Away

_{Skeptical philosopher David Hume tried it and, Raymond Tallis says, things collapsed almost immediately} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 21, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

To suppose that unthinking processes can somehow produce a thinking entity as an illusion is a sheer act of faith — faith in materialism but faith nonetheless. Read More ›

Close-up live big lobster underwater on a on a sandy beach, poster

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 19, 2024

Categorized
Animal mind, Human exceptionalism, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness (2012), Dan Falk, Evan Bush, Featured, Octopus intelligence}

What Does It Mean To Say That “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

_{The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, signed in April by 40 researchers, posits a “realistic possibility of conscious experience” in all vertebrates and many invertebrates} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 19, 2024

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Animal mind, Human exceptionalism, Philosophy of Mind}

Given that human consciousness is a Hard Problem in philosophy, we can expect useful discussions to follow — but also a good deal of silliness. Read More ›

Robot, chat bot, android and digital evolution of robotics. Future processor development technologies. 3D illustration of quantum cyberspace. AI and global data

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Gary Smith
Date
May 15, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Abhijit Mahabal, Chatbots and logic puzzles}

A Man, A Boat, and a Goat — and a Chatbot!

_{Forty-five years ago, Douglas Hofstadter noted a key problem with AI: It can’t do the astonishing things our brains do, as chatbots reveal when asked to solve puzzles} _{Gary Smith
May 15, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Not understanding what words mean or how they relate to the real world, chatbots have no way of determining whether their responses are sensible, let alone true Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 15, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Physics

Tagged
Ethan Siegel, Featured, Hard Problem of consciousness (as not so hard)}

Astrophysicist: Electricity Can Account For Human Consciousness

_{Ethan Siegel set out to show that there is no design in the universe and that included reducing consciousness to electricity, with the details still to be ironed out} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 15, 2024

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Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

It’s useful to know that this sort of fact-free performance is acceptable, given the state of a materialist interpretation of consciousness today. Read More ›

DNA, biology, origin of life, genetic science, close-up shot, ultrafine detail, colorful

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 13, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Physics

Tagged
Bennu (asteroid), Orch OR theory, Origin of life, Stuart Hameroff}

Science Team Argues, Consciousness Came Before Life

_{Can the authors take issue with Darwinian evolution claims while maintaining a materialist stance?} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 13, 2024

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Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

Apart from demoting evolution, “consciousness first” is yet another attempt to naturalize consciousness by making it a basic origin of life process. Read More ›

Cave paintings over five thousand years old painted on rocks in the Serra do Cipó region, Brazil

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 12, 2024

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Dinosaur footprints and prehistoric art, Prehistoric art and abstract thought, Serrote do Letreiro Site}

Why Did Our Ancestors Start Drawing in Caves and Making Jewelry?

_{For that matter, why did they choose to develop artworks around fossilized dinosaur footprints?} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 12, 2024

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Arts & Culture, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind}

We can’t read the thoughts of the dead who left no decipherable writings but we can study the workings of the human mind from remarkably long ago. Read More ›

Mysterious arch of clouds over water, portal to heaven

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 5, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Religion

Tagged
immortality, Life after death, Robert Lawrence Kuhn}

Can an Atheist Believe in Life After Death?

_{An atheist philosopher makes the case at Closer to Truth} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 5, 2024

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Philosophy of Mind, Religion}

There is much evidence to suggest that the human mind is immaterial and immateriality is one of the characteristics of things that do not die. Read More ›

Head of a woman - showing different states of mind and being through tranparency

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 5, 2024

Categorized
Evolution, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Daniel Dennett on mind as user illusion}

Was Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?

_{Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 5, 2024

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Evolution, Philosophy of Mind}

Who will assume Dennett’s role as the leading, world-famous Darwinian materialist philosopher? Will the position remain — tellingly — vacant? Read More ›

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Gary Smith
Date
April 16, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Chatbot, ChatGPT 3.5 and critical thinking, Copilot and critical thinking, Gemini and critical thinking, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than a human in 2025: Why he’s wrong

_{The superficial glibness of LLMs is a wonderful example of the adage that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing} _{Gary Smith
April 16, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Based on extensive training on untold amounts of text, LLMs are able to repackage superficially compelling answers that they literally do not understand. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 17, 2024

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind, Science

Tagged
Near-death experiences}

Are Near-Death Experiences Just Another Branch of Research Now?

_{We should hope so because there are a number of interesting allied research areas that would be better studied without preexisting prejudice against NDEs} _{Denyse O'Leary
March 17, 2024

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind, Science}

In a discussion at Psychology Today, a philosopher notes that her dissertation supporting the reality of near-death experiences was received without hostility. Read More ›

Ideas escape from brain of pensive african man

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News
Date
March 17, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Politics

Tagged
Fine-tuning of universe for life, Mark Tapscott}

Are Mind vs. Brain Issues Going Mainstream?

_{Capitol Hill lobby HillFaith has been sponsoring discussion of the immateriality of the mind in recent years} _{News
March 17, 2024

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Philosophy of Mind, Politics}

What feels remarkable is that people with an interest in political issues have even started to ask these questions. We used to be told they never would. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 12, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Blake Lemoine, Keith Cooper}

About the claim that chatbot Claude 3 showed self-awareness…

_{Has anyone noticed the resemblance between the conviction that an AI project thinks like a human and that extraterrestrials are visiting us?} _{Denyse O'Leary
March 12, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Just as extraterrestrials are Out There because we don’t want to think we are alone, chatbots are Becoming Human because we don’t want to feel we are unique. Read More ›

Tourists jumping off a large rock ledge in Amoudi Bay on Santorini Island in Greece.

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Eric Holloway
Date
March 11, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
intentionality}

How Is Intentionality Embedded in the Universe?

_{All efforts to extinguish intentionality and morality only serve to further establish their inescapable reality} _{Eric Holloway
March 11, 2024

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Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind}

The conclusion we must reach by examining our own intentionality carefully is that it has an ultimate origin from a conscious being outside of our world. Read More ›

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News
Date
March 10, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Physics

Tagged
Closer to Truth (video series), Mind vs. brain, Robert Lawrence Kuhn}

Consciousness Observes Different Laws From Physics

_{At Closer to Truth, British philosopher and pastor Keith Ward provides an example to host Robert Lawrence Kuhn} _{News
March 10, 2024

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Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

Only in the intellectual world are concepts like correct vs. incorrect (or right vs. wrong) meaningful. It’s a different world from the one created by physics. Read More ›

Robot hand displays blue digital interface, wearing blue suit and helmet.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 10, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Creativity and AI writing tools, Sabine Hossenfelder}

How Materialism Handicaps Us in Understanding AI’s Limits

_{Sabine Hossenfelder acknowledges AI’s limits, yet she is convinced that it will become conscious} _{Denyse O'Leary
March 10, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, Philosophy of Mind}

Such a position is not something the materialist derives from the evidence; it is imposed by the ideology. Read More ›