The physical origin of behaviour in biological organisms is distinct from those of non-living
systems in one significant way: organisms exhibit intentionality or goal-directed behaviour …

Turing inspired a computer metaphor of the mind and brain that has been handy and has
spawned decades of empirical investigation, but he did much more and offered behavioral …

This paper examines the role that enchantment plays in the design of AI things by
constructing a taxonomy of design approaches that increase or decrease the perception of …

Despite its many twists and turns, the arc of cognitive science generally bends toward
progress, thanks to its interdisciplinary nature. By glancing at the last few decades of …

We here analyse the question of develo** artificial consciousness from an evolutionary
perspective, taking the evolution of the human brain and its relation with consciousness as a …

This paper will discuss whether there are chances for a paradigm shift, ie, a shift away from
the (almost without much thought) taken-for-granted sequential, from piece-to-whole …

Grounded cognition states that mental representations of concepts consist of experiential
aspects. For example, the concept “cup” consists of the sensorimotor experiences from …

The relationship between brains and computers is often taken to be merely metaphorical.
However, genuine computational systems can be implemented in virtually any media; thus …

Abstract In this volumed, Randall Beer and Joanna Rączaszek‐Leonardi have opened an
important discussion of what is further needed to enhance the reach of dynamical …

In this paper, the authors have compared all of the currently available Apple MacBook Pro
laptops, in terms of their usability for basic machine learning research applications (text …