^TagComputation

^{Type
podcast

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 15, 2019

Tagged
artifacts, Benjamin Libet, Computation, Electroencephalography, free will, human reason, John Searle, natural objects, Near-death experiences, neurobabble, Neuroscience, Roger scruton}

Edward Feser on Neurobabble and Remembering the Right Questions

_{Edward Feser dismantles many of the simplistic reads of contemporary neuroscience} _{Michael Egnor and Edward Feser

August 15, 2019}

Michael Egnor hosts a captivating conversation with Edward Feser, Aristotelian, prolific blogger, and philosopher of mind. Neurobabble and pop science dismissals of the mind, final causes, abstract thought, and free will each face Feser’s piercing critique.

Neurosurgeon Outlines Why Machines Can’t Think

_{The hallmark of human thought is meaning, and the hallmark of computation is indifference to meaning.} _{Michael Egnor

July 17, 2018

Artificial Intelligence, Natural Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

A cornerstone of the development of artificial intelligence is the pervasive assumption that machines can, or will, think. Watson, a question-answering computer, beats the best Jeopardy players, and anyone who plays chess has had the humiliation of being beaten by a chess engine. Does this mean that computers can think as well as (or better than) humans think? Read More ›