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Cognitive Science

The keyword Cognitive Science is tagged in the following 3 articles.

October 4, 2010 - 5869 words | Philosophy » Artificial Intelligence
The advent of digital computers and contemporary neuroscience has fundamentally changed possible approaches to artificial intelligence (AI). Mankind’s perpetually evolving technological capacity inevitably leads to faster processors, more complex systems, and... Read Article »
September 24, 2010 - 1555 words | Philosophy » Consciousness
In his article “Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness,” Thomas Nagel suggests that the ordinary conception of a unified mind is misled. To support his claim, he turns to data concerning patients whose corpus callosum has been severed. Because the... Read Article »
August 9, 2010 - 1934 words | Philosophy » John Locke
For centuries philosophers have struggled to define personal identity. In his 1690 work An Essay on Human Understanding, John Locke proposes that one's personal identity extends only so far as their own consciousness. The connection between consciousness and memory... Read Article »