Philosophy of Mind
by Edward Feser · first published 2007
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…subject and a number of philosophical errors in the comments (w.r.t. language, religion, qualia, zombies, etc). For those who do want some perspective, I recommend starting with Feser's introductory book "Philosophy of Mind" [0] as well as a series of blog posts he's written on the subject (such as [1] and [2], as well as a blog post with a long list of links on the subject and related subjects [3]). [0] https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Beginners-Guide-Edward-Fes...…
on “Can we know what animals are thinking?” ↗…the subject, esp. for someone interested in getting a lay of the land and a rudimentary understanding of the subject matter. The best introductory book I've come across in this regard is E. Feser's "The Philosophy of Mind"[0]. [0] https://books.google.com/books/about/Philosophy_of_Mind.html...
on “The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind” ↗You might find "Philosophy of Mind" by Edward Feser interesting.
on “The Hardening of Consciousness” ↗…good about it is that it surveys the basic philosophical errors Dawkins and co. commit and these intersect with what you seem to be interested in. Feser has also written another beginner's guide to the "Philosophy of Mind" [1] which addresses mind questions more specifically than the first book. Both are very approachable. He has also written two books of a more sophisticated nature on the philosophy of science [2] and…
on “The space of minds” ↗…> That brings us to a second difference […] * https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2019/03/artificial-intellig... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Feser He has a few books, including one entitled Philosophy of Mind (A Beginner's Guide), so has thought about this.
on “Anthropic co-founder to present AI encyclical alongside Pope Leo XIV” ↗