The brain in a jar is a different inquiry than traditional questions about artificial intelligence. The brain in a jar asks whether thinking requires a thinker. The possibility of artificial ...

In his recent article "The Computational Model of the Mind and Philosophical Functionalism," Richard Double argues that there are some fairly forceful a priori arguments showing that Philosophical ...

The history of psychology is full of disputes among various "-isms": behaviorism, cognitivism, functionalism, and many others. Nevertheless, all are unanimous in their opposition to one other -ism: ...