Surf these sites: A Demise of the Type-Type Identity Theory -- A short student paper examining the nature of identity statement itself and the role that it played in the demise of the type-type identity theory. Annotated Bibliography Of Mind-Related Topics -- An annotated bibliography of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, neurobiology, artificial life, linguistics, neural networks, connectionism, cognitive psychology, consciousness Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness -- ASSC promotes research within cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities, directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness. Books about Philosophy of Mind -- Commentaries on books and ideas from philosophers of mind including Patricia Churchland, Terrence Sejnowski, Paul Churchland, Ned Block, Owen Flanagan, Daniel Dennett, Georges Rey. Center for Consciousness Studies -- Interdisciplinary program promoting open, scientifically rigorous discussions of all phenomena related to the mind. Includes course, conference and workshop listings - from the Univ. of Arizona. Cognitive Questions -- "The Only Cognitive Science Website Without a Picture of a Brain on it!" - Papers critical of "Cartesian Materialism" by philosopher Teed Rockwell, with commentary by Andy Clark, Ruth Millikan, Tim Van Gelder, U.T. Place and others. Consciousness -- What is consciousness? Can it be reduced to electro-chemistry? This page, intended for laymen, provides links to articles by major philosophers and scientists dealing with this question: Dennett, Chalmers ("Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness"), Nagel ("What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"), the Churchlands, et al. Consciousness and the Brain: Annotated Bibliography. -- An annotated bibliography of both philosophical and scientific articles about consciousness and the brain. Compiled by philosophers Ralph D. Ellis and Natika Newton. Daniel C. Dennett - publications and preprints. -- This page makes available online versions of many recent (1987-1997) published and unpublished articles, reviews, etc. by this influential and unusually readable philosopher (and by some of his associates). David Chalmers'' Home Page. -- Provides access not only to many of Chalmers'' own much discussed writings on the mind and consciousness (and otherwise unpublished replies to critics), but also to: extensive annotated bibliographies of Philosophy of Mind and Scientific Approaches to Consciousness; links to online papers on consciousness and to other philosophy papers on the web; links to other relevant web rescources; philosophical humor links; and zombies on the web (and if you didn''t know, yes, this is a serious philosophical issue!). Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind. -- Concise and relatively objective definitions of key terms in the Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science. Sometimes the entries contain longer discussions, bibliographies, and links to other relevant sites. More of such additional materials (and more entries) are promised. There are also brief biographies and outlines of the work of some of the leading figures in contemporary Cognitive Science (not philosophers, for the most part). Entries are peer reviewed by reputable academic philosophers to ensure quality and accuracy. Dualism: Papers -- Articles on dualism and parapsychology by John Beloff. Explorations in Mind, Being and Reality -- Being, mind, consciousness... this is the main focus of this multi-faceted site. The site houses essays in which approach is analytical, imaginative and experiential. Hyponoeticism - New Philosophy of Mind -- A New and Challenging Philosophy of Mind. Imagination, Mental Imagery, Consciousness & Cognition: Scientific, Philosophical & Historical Approaches. -- "A resource for the study of imagination and mental images and their relevance to the understanding of consciousness and cognition, as approached primarily through the methods of analytical philosophy, experimental psychology, cognitive science, and the history of ideas/intellectual history." Online articles, and many links. Intelligence: evolution & uses. -- Topics include how dreams & religion might have emerged; human limitations & bigotry; the chances of human-level intelligence evolving. [Editor''s note: A good start, but rather shallow.] Mental States -- Scientists have called for a more accurate account of consciousness, subjectively considered. At this site work by C.O. Evans, an early pioneer in consciousness studies, is offered as a pathfinder. Mind/Brain Resources -- A formidable compendium by Valerie Gray Hardcastle Non-Cartesian Cognitive Science -- An impressive site with essays and many useful links on embodied and ''situated'' approaches to cognition: ranging from Artificial Life to Phenomenology, and much else. Omnipresent Consciousness and Freedom of Choice -- The solution to the problem of free will. PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness -- "A refereed electronic journal dedicated to supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain." Parsimony and the Mind -- The principle of parsimony and its application to the mind-body problem Philosophy of Mind -- By Luca Malatesti. Bibliographies by topic and author, event listings, online texts, new books (with links), and many links to online reference works, relevant institutions, journal home pages, and other sites. The Conscious Machine: A New Point of View -- How would the universe appear to a conscious machine? This fascinating account reveals the answers to some of our deepest questions. The Matter''s I -- Philosophy and Logic of mind (in German) The Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP). -- The leading U.S. organization for discussion between (analytic) philosophers and (mainly cognitively oriented) psychologists.
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