Theories & Such: Of Mind

Constructions of the Mind Stanford Humanities Review 4.2

Behaviorism

• Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It by John B. Watson
• Propositional Actitudes: Reply to Gunderson by L. Hauser
• Ryle and Cognitive Science discussion by Aaron Sloman

Computation & Functionalism

• A Computational Foundation for the Study of Cognition by David Chalmers
• Does a Rock Implement Every Finite State Automata? by David Chalmers

Dualism

• The Stream of Consciousness by William James
• Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes (see especially Meditations 1, 2 , & 6)

Externalism & Internalism

• The extended Mind by A. Clark & D. Chalmers
• Intrinsic Properties by T. Sider

The Language of Thought Hypothesis

• Natural Language & Thought by L. Hauser & B. Abbott
• Language of Thought: U. Chicago Phil. Project: Moderated Discussion

Mind & Body

• Mind & Body: Descartes to James Historical Survey
• In Defense of Global Supervenience by T. Sider & R. Cranston Paull

Philosophy of Psychology: Theories & Methodology

• Dealing in Futures: Folk Psychology and the Role of Representations in Cognitive Science by A. Clark
• Cognitive Science & Experimental Psychology by Christopher Green
• Classics in the History of Psychology compiled by Christopher Green at York U.
• The Psychology of Folk Psychology by Alvin Goldman