Ned Block
NED BLOCK (Ph.D., Harvard) Philosopher of mind who has made important contributions to matters of conciousness and cognitive science. Famous for presenting an argument against the Turing Test as a test of intelligence in a paper entitled Psychologism and Behaviourism by using a thought experiment in which he suggests the creation of a computer which has come to be known as Blockhead.
Positions Past and Present'Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at NYU' 1996 - CurrentChair of the Philosophy Program At MIT - ?.....- 1996Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesGuggenheim FellowSenior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Language and InformationSloan Foundation FellowRecipient of Fellowhip from the American Council of Learned SocietiesRecipient of Fellowhip the National Science Foundation.Past President of the Society for Philosophy and PsychologyPast Chair of the MIT Press Cognitive Science Board of SyndicsPast President of the Association for the Scientific Study of ConsciousnessCo-editor of The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates (MIT Press, 1997).
External linkshttp://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/
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