Category: Neuroscience & Mind
Rights Are Not about “Feelings”
Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them.
Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”
Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems.
Sure, Animals Count; But Can They Count?
What is the nature, and extent, of animal intelligence?
The Representation Problem and the Immateriality of the Mind
If I think about a particular thing — my cat Tabby, for example — my actual cat Tabby isn’t in my brain.
More Myths of Terri Schiavo
One myth is that the family somehow edited videos of Terri to make it appear falsely that she was conscious.