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Philosophy of Cognitive Science

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Summary The philosophy of cognitive science covers all philosophical topics pertaining to the scientific study of cognition. Its subtopics can be divided in four main ways. First, by the disciplines studying cognition: psychology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, linguistics, etc.; this is the primary way in which the PhilPapers is currently organized. Second, by topic in the philosophy of science: explanation, reduction, etc. Third, by topic specific to the study of cognition: mental representation, computation, embodiment, consciousness, etc. Fourth, by the area of cognition under discussion: perception, motor control, language, reasoning, consciousness, etc. The philosophy of cognitive science overlaps with  the philosophy of mind.
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Clark 2014, Lycan & Prinz 1999
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Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (20,036 | 5,503)Raphaël Millière
Artificial Minds (2,259 | 165)Bradford Saad
The Turing Test (436)Eric Dietrich
Arguments Against Artificial Minds (641 | 1)
Chinese Room Argument (270)Eric Dietrich
Gödelian Arguments Against AI (328)Eric Dietrich
Dreyfus's Arguments Against AI (7)
Arguments Against Artificial Minds, Misc (35)
Mental States in Artificial Intelligence (662 | 3)
Artificial Consciousness (463)Eric Dietrich
Understanding and Artificial Intelligence (42)
Thought and Artificial Intelligence (53)
Emotions and Artificial Intelligence (8)
Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (12)
Agency and Artificial Intelligence (38)
Mental States in Artificial Intelligence, Misc (43)
Artificial Minds, Misc (356 | 326)Eric Dietrich
Mind Uploading* (62)Karina Vold
The Singularity* (133)David Chalmers
Artificial Minds, Miscellaneous (30)
Representation in Artificial Intelligence (988 | 240)Michael Rescorla
Symbols and Symbol Systems (298)
Computational Semantics (123)
Implicit/Explicit Rules and Representations (97)
AI without Representation? (62)
Representation in Connectionism* (132)Bartosz Piotrowski
Subsymbolic Computation* (95)Bartosz Piotrowski
Computation and Representation, Misc (168)
Neural Networks and Connectionism (1,133 | 524)Bartosz Piotrowski
Connectionism and Compositionality (74)Bartosz Piotrowski
Representation in Connectionism (132)Bartosz Piotrowski
Connectionism and Eliminativism (26)Bartosz Piotrowski
The Connectionist/Classical Debate (60)Bartosz Piotrowski
Subsymbolic Computation (95)Bartosz Piotrowski
Deep Learning (69)
Philosophy of Connectionism, Misc (110)Bartosz Piotrowski
Philosophy of Connectionism, Foundational Empirical Issues (43)Bartosz Piotrowski
Machine Learning (375 | 300)Karina Vold
Reinforcement Learning (9)
Supervised Learning (11)
Unsupervised Learning (14)
Deep Learning* (69)
Evolutionary Computation (7)
Machine Learning, Misc (34)
Large Language Models* (344)Iwan Williams
Areas of Artificial Intelligence (2,207 | 305)
Artificial Life* (270)Karina Vold
Computer Vision (16)
Cybernetics (235)Benn Van Den Ende
Dynamical Systems (256)
The Frame Problem (98)
Natural Language Processing (127)
Large Language Models (344)Iwan Williams
Areas of Artificial Intelligence, Misc (111)
Artificial Intelligence in Science* (74)André Curtis-Trudel and Michael T. Stuart
Robotics (605)Collin Lucken
Generative Artificial Intelligence (105)
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Computationalism (503 | 503)Mark Sprevak
Computationalism in Cognitive Science* (677)Bert Baumgaertner
Computation and Physical Systems* (792 | 85)Corey Maley
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (4,052 | 322)John Basl
Algorithmic Fairness (258 | 228)Rush T. Stewart
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Transparency in Artificial Intelligence (201 | 16)
Explainability in Artificial Intelligence (88)Keith Begley
Interpretability in Artificial Intelligence (82)Keith Begley
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Artificial Intelligence and the Law (105 | 86)
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Artificial Intelligence and Political Philosophy (124 | 22)
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Justice and Artificial Intelligence (26)
Labor and Artificial Intelligence (13)
Artificial Intelligence and Political Philosophy, Misc (3)
Ethics of Areas of Artificial Intelligence (766 | 9)
Autonomous Vehicles (38)
Autonomous Weapons (69)
Large Language Models* (344)Iwan Williams
Recommendation Systems* (5)
Machine Ethics (626)
Robot Ethics* (548)Vincent C. Müller
Ethics of Areas of Artificial Intelligence, Misc (24)
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Misc (2,280 | 1,422)
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Education and Artificial Intelligence (7)
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Moral Status of Artificial Systems (721)
Artificial Intelligence Safety* (447)Karina Vold
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Miscellaneous (88)
Impact of Artificial Intelligence (1,526 | 229)
Artificial Intelligence Safety (447)Karina Vold
Artificial Intelligence and the Law* (105 | 86)
Artificial Intelligence in Science* (74)André Curtis-Trudel and Michael T. Stuart
Autonomous Weapons* (69)
Autonomous Vehicles* (38)
Cyborgs (50)Karina Vold
Mind Uploading (62)Karina Vold
The Singularity (133)David Chalmers
Transhumanism (459)
Impact of Artificial Intelligence, Misc (146)Karina Vold
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Miscellaneous (1,490 | 554)
Artificial Intelligence Methodology (185)
The Nature of Artificial Intelligence (230)Karina Vold
Philosophy of AI, General Works (264)Eric Dietrich
Philosophy of AI, Misc (257)Eric Dietrich
Philosophy of Psychology (14,532 | 7,396)Mitchell Herschbach
History of Psychology (1,027 | 225)
Psychological Behaviorism (137)
Cognitivism in Psychology (52)
Introspection and Introspectionism* (628)Kevin Reuter
History of Psychology, Misc (613)
Theory of Mind and Folk Psychology (1,953 | 80)Shannon Spaulding
The Nature of Folk Psychology (439)Nada Gligorov
The Theory Theory (110)Mitchell Herschbach
The Simulation Theory (276)Mitchell Herschbach
Development of Theory of Mind (328)Evan Westra
Mindreading (194)Maushumi Guha
Theory of Mind and Folk Psychology, Misc (314)
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Eliminativism about Propositional Attitudes* (186)
Issues in Psychology (992 | 179)
Parapsychology (106)
Psychological Laws (76)
Psychological Explanation (631)Cameron Buckner
Reduction in Cognitive Science* (426)Mitchell Herschbach
Developmental Psychology (240 | 196)
Innate Concepts* (83)
Development of Consciousness* (388)Claudia Passos-Ferreira
Development of Theory of Mind* (328)Evan Westra
Developmental Psychology, Misc (44)
Cognitive Psychology (1,590 | 1,095)
Attention* (1,591 | 3)Sebastian Watzl
Cognition (180 | 6)
Mathematical Cognition* (903 | 124)Lieven Decock
Thought and Thinking* (626 | 308)
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Aesthetic Cognition* (7,427 | 2,334)
Extended Cognition* (794 | 106)David Chalmers
Metacognition (170)
Concepts* (2,020 | 361)Daniel Weiskopf
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Creativity* (282)Dustin Stokes
Psychology of Decision (62)
Learning (200 | 112)Kurt Sylvan
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Machine Learning* (375 | 300)Karina Vold
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Psychology of Learning (69)
Memory* (5,979 | 1,598)John Sutton
Science of Perception* (1,981 | 530)
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Social Psychology (349)
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Reduction in Cognitive Science* (426)Mitchell Herschbach
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Neuroethics* (2,642 | 1,537)L. Syd M Johnson
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Law and Neuroscience* (36)
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Philosophy of Consciousness* (30,307 | 7,379)David Chalmers
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Psychopathy (897)Luca Malatesti
The Validity of Psychopathy (109)Zdenka Brzović
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Psychopathology (829 | 577)Şerife Tekin
Psychopathology and Emotion (140)Simon Riches
Psychopathology and Responsibility* (264)Garrath Williams
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Psychopathology, Misc (112)
Philosophy of Psychiatry (991 | 327)
Psychiatric Ethics* (435)Şerife Tekin
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Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (2,066 | 1,144)Adrian Kind
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Psychotherapy (676)Simon Riches
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Nativism in Cognitive Science (257 | 155)Armin W. Schulz
Linguistic Innateness* (119 | 72)
Innate Concepts* (83)
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Modularity in Cognitive Science (457)
Evolution of Cognition (848 | 154)Taylor S. Murphy
Evolutionary Psychology (505)Taylor S. Murphy
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Rationality and Cognitive Science (610)
Extended Cognition* (794 | 106)David Chalmers
Embodiment and Situated Cognition (1,900)Mog Stapleton
Animal Minds (1,919 | 330)Colin Allen
Animal Consciousness (417 | 53)Nina Atanasova
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Animal Emotion (74)
Animal Pain (26)Adam Shriver
Animal Self-Consciousness* (156)
Animal Cognition (630 | 62)
Animal Communication (107)Colin Allen
Animal Culture (127)Nicolas Delon
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Animal Metacognition (11)
Animal Moral Cognition (141)Nicolas Delon
Animal Reason (18)
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Animal Mind Sciences (385 | 18)
Animal Neuroscience (2)
Behavioral Biology (130)Maria Botero
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Animal Minds, Misc (157)Colin Allen
Intelligence (409 | 5)
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General Intelligence (48)
Measures of Intelligence (106)
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The Nature of Artificial Intelligence* (230)Karina Vold
Levels of Analysis in Cognitive Science (145)
Explanation in Cognitive Science (388)
Representation in Cognitive Science (648)
Computationalism in Cognitive Science (677)Bert Baumgaertner
Interlevel Relations in Cognitive Science (639 | 116)
Interlevel Relations in Cognitive Science, Misc (24)
Reduction in Cognitive Science (426)Mitchell Herschbach
Psychophysical Reduction* (650 | 13)John Donaldson
Psychophysical Supervenience* (190)Andreas Elpidorou
Emergence in Cognitive Science (73)
Other Psychophysical Relations* (455 | 49)
Cognitive Ontologies* (135)
History of Cognitive Science (68)
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Science of Consciousness (28,343 | 2,063)Eve A. Isham
Consciousness and Neuroscience (2,583 | 925)
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Consciousness and Neuroscience, Foundational Issues (331)
Consciousness and Neuroscience, Misc (205)
Science of Visual Consciousness (1,591 | 382)
Neural Correlates of Visual Consciousness (183)
Binocular Rivalry (247)
Visual Pathways (72)
Change/Inattentional Blindness (317)Bradley Richards
Visual Imagery and Imagination (284)Alma Barner
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Unconscious and Conscious Processes (6,897 | 1,385)
Unconscious Perception (409)
Conscious and Unconscious Learning (2,512)
Conscious and Unconscious Memory (1,807)Rajendra Badgaiyan
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Disorders and Syndromes of Consciousness (2,125 | 263)
Blindsight (250)
Neglect and Extinction (142)Eve A. Isham
Schizophrenia (602)
Anosognosia (55)
The Minimally Conscious State (78)L. Syd M Johnson
Vegetative State and Coma (381)L. Syd M Johnson
Synesthesia (216)Ophelia Deroy
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Consciousness and Psychology (7,709 | 1,374)Eve A. Isham
Cognitive Models of Consciousness (244)
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Metacognition* (170)
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States of Consciousness (1,629 | 280)
Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming (578)
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Consciousness and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (348)
Quantum Mechanisms of Consciousness (182)
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