Word-count: 1,904 Contents: i) Introduction ii) John von Neumann iii) The Creation of Artificial Life The American computer...

Word Count: 670 It can be argued that the exact antithesis of Daniel Dennett's position (on consciousness) is put forward by the ...

Searle argues that it’s not that “brain processes cause consciousness”. It’s that “consciousness is itself a feature of the brain”. A loose ...

The Function of Experience It's always odd when philosophers ask about “the function of experience” (or consciousness). After all...

Speed-of-Light Travel and Aging The most basic measure of time is entropy . The processes of entropy would be much slower at just b...