Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...
A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.
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Scientists rethink consciousness in the age of intelligent machines
When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.
Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...
The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false choice. This work proposes biological computationalism: the idea that brains compute, but not in the abstract, symbol ...
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 ...
New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose.
Walk into consciousness labs, and you will mostly find studies on humans relying on verbal reports. This evidence is then ...
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