http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/cognitive-science Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 27 May 2026 18:29:05 -0400 Wed, 27 May 2026 18:29:05 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/294/the-mind-in-the-brain-the-brain-in-a-robot-strong-ai-in-an-artificial-neural-network-brain-replica-housed-in-an-autonomous-sensory-endowed-robot By Ryan A. Piccirillo - In his paper Minds, Brains, and Programs, Searle distinguishes between what he calls “strong AI” and “weak or cautious AI.” Weak AI is powerful enough to formulate and test hypotheses about the mind in a precise manner, but cannot be said to be a mind or consciousness in itself. It is in this incapability that Searle makes the distinction between weak AI and strong AI. “According to strong AI,” posits Searle, “the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind, in the sense that computers given the right programs can be literally said to understand... Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/294/the-mind-in-the-brain-the-brain-in-a-robot-strong-ai-in-an-artificial-neural-network-brain-replica-housed-in-an-autonomous-sensory-endowed-robot http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/293/implications-of-the-split-brain-a-consideration-of-nagel By Ethan B. Rubin - In his article “Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness,” Thomas Nagel suggests that the ordinary conception of a unified mind is misled. To support his claim, he turns to data concerning patients whose corpus callosum has been severed. Because the two hemispheres of the brain depend on the corpus callosum for direct communication, the behavior of these patients in specific experimental settings implies two centers of consciousness rather than one. Nagel proposes a series of explanations for this behavior that assume unity of the mind and rejects each in turn. He concludes that... Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/293/implications-of-the-split-brain-a-consideration-of-nagel