How philosophy of mind can shape the future
Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries July 6, 2018 S. Schneider, P. Mandik
A bright metallic thread of future-oriented thinking runs through the tapestry of the philosophy of mind, especially in those parts of the fi eld that have grappled with the possibility of minds as machines. Can a robot feel pain? Can a suitably programmed computer think actual thoughts? Could humans survive the total replacement of their nervous system by neural prosthetics? As the pace of...