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.

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

Is it unethical to create AI potentially capable of experiencing distress? In A Nutshell Cambridge philosopher argues current evidence cannot determine whether advanced AI would experience ...

When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.

A new theoretical study argues that many standard beliefs about consciousness are rooted in a misleading concept of how the ...

What is the neuropsychological basis for the brain's ever-changing contextualized goals? I explore this question from the perspective of the Affect Management Framework (AMF).

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