Dennett, Daniel C.
One of the most influential (and readable) contemporary philosophers of mind.
Grush, Rick
Works on philosophy of representation, semantics (of natural language), theoretical neuroscience and metaphysics.
Bechtel, William
Editor of the journal Philosophical Psychology, and Professor of Philosophy at UCSD.
Churchland, Patricia S.
Influential "neurophilosopher" and eliminative materialist.
Lepore, Ernest
Philosopher of language, logic, meatphysics and mind, and director of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science.
Horst, Steven
A critic of naturalism about the mind in general, and the computational theory of the mind in particular. Although computational approaches to cognition may be scientifically valid, they do not explain intentionality or solve the mind-body problem.
Dreyfus, Hubert
Phenomenologist and leading critic of Artificial Intelligence research.
Noë, Alva
Papers on the Philosophy and Cognitive Science of visual perception by this philosopher, based at the University of California, Berkeley.
Goldman, Alvin I.
Distinguished epistemologist as well as a philosopher of mind and cognitive science.
Eliasmith, Chris
Mental representation, Dynamic Systems Theory, Connectionism, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Epistemology, etc. Editor of the online Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind.
Rockwell, Teed - Cognitive Questions
"The Only Cognitive Science Website Without a Picture of a Brain on it!" - Papers critical of "Cartesian Materialism" by Rockwell, with commentaries by Andy Clark, Ruth Millikan, Tim Van Gelder, U.T. Place and others.
Clark, Andy
Prolific champion of connectionist and embodied approaches to understanding the mind.
Schwitzgebel, Eric
Interests include: our poor knowledge of our own conscious experience, dispositional theories of belief, developmental psychology, and evil.
Silby, Brent
Provides a number of ePapers on consciousness, memetics, evolution, and the philosophy of mind.
Giles, James
Philosophical psychology, philosophy of psychiatry, Buddhist and Taoist philosophy, the nonexistence of the self, early Greek thought, existentialism, psychoanalysis, and human sexuality.
Block, Ned
Philosopher of Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Consciousness. Online articles and course outlines.
Carruthers, Peter
Folk psychology; nativism and modularity; intentional content; evolutionary psychology; cognitive architecture; consciousness; natural language in human cognition.
Honderich, Ted
Home page of this philosopher of mind (and of politics), giving access to his latest thought on the nature of consciousness as existence, and on the free-will versus determinism issue (amongst other things).
Tye, Michael
Probably the leading advocate of the "representational theory of consciousness," an attempt at a physicalistic account of qualia. Has also done influential work on mental imagery, perception, the nature of mental states, etc
Hurley, Susan L.
Professor at the University of Warwick, UK. Author of "Consciousness in Action" and other works on active, situated cognition, as well as works on political and normative philosophy.
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