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 - Current
- Chair of the Philosophy Program At MIT - ?.....- 1996
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Guggenheim Fellow
- Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Language and Information
- Sloan Foundation Fellow
- Recipient of Fellowhip from the American Council of Learned Societies
- Recipient of Fellowhip the National Science Foundation.
- Past President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology
- Past Chair of the MIT Press Cognitive Science Board of Syndics
- Past President of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
- Co-editor of The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates (MIT Press, 1997).
External links
- http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/
