Tag: neuroscience
Egnor: Why Machines Will Never Think
This doesn’t mean that people will not abuse the power of AI to hurt each other, and hurt themselves.
Neuroscientist Michael Egnor, the Philosophical Physician, on Science and the Soul
Try to read his essay through to the end without getting chills.
Beauty Leads Us Home
Why is the world a beautiful place and why does it touch me?
Egnor: Two Weaknesses of Agentive Cosmopsychism
There are a limited number of explanations available for how cosmic fine-tuning came to be. Actually, there are three.
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.