| 1. "Minds, Brains, and Programs" |
| John Searle's seminal text on problems with the metaphor of the brain as "computing device" in which his famous "Chinese Room" argument is brought forth as criticism of the philosophical foundation for examining human cognition via computer simulation. |
| http://members.aol.com/NeoNoetics/MindsBrains... |
| 2. A Definition of AI |
| A proposition for a formal definition of AI. |
| http://dobrev.com/AI/definition.html |
| 3. A Philosophical Encounter by Aaron Sloman |
| In Proceedings 14th International Joint Conference on AI Montreal, August 1995: `A philosophical encounter: An interactive presentation of some of the key philosophical problems in AI and AI problems in philosophy.' |
| http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axs/cog_affect/ijca... |
| 4. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness |
| ASSC "promotes research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness." |
| http://assc.caltech.edu/ |
| 5. Astro Biological Coenergetics |
| "An unorthodox new look at mind, consciousness and perception" |
| http://www.tellworld.com/Astro.Biological.Coe... |
| 6. Being Real by Judith S. Donath |
| This appears in Goldberg, K. (ed.) The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet, MIT Press |
| http://smg.media.mit.edu/papers/Donath/BeingR... |
| 7. Brain in a Vat |
| Can bad men make good brains do bad things? |
| http://www.mindspring.com/~mfpatton/Tissues.h... |
| 8. Brain-Mind: Know Thyself |
| Philosophy of mind for artificial intelligence. This paper was originally commissioned by and published in NOVEMBER Magazine. Links will lead to the free full text of the book, Ai4u: Mind-1.1 Programmer's Manual By Arthur T Murray |
| http://mind.sourceforge.net/theory5.html |
| 9. Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind |
| A collection of terms, definitions, and scholarly works on the topic of Philosophy of Mind that provides useful background material for the study of artificial intelligence theory. |
| http://philosophy.uwaterloo.ca/MindDict/ |
| 10. Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation |
| Discussion of the epistemological status of simulation in a cross-disciplinary setting could contribute to a deeper understanding of relevant issues and so it proved. |
| http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/8/4/7.html |
| 11. God Is the Machine |
| In the beginning there was 0. And then there was 1. A mind-bending meditation on the transcendent power of digital computation. By Kevin Kelly |
| http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.12/holy... |
| 12. Kiss me, you human |
| By Stephen Humphries: Robot Kismet can walk, talk, and make logical decisions. What's the next step in the quest for artificial intelligence? |
| http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/06/28/p... |
| 13. Knowbotic Interface Project |
| "A philosophical and scientific exploration in the art of digital modelling of the human consciousness" |
| http://www.inm.de/kip/ |
