Philosopher

Ned Block

Overview

Ned Joel Block (born 1942) is an American philosopher working in philosophy of mind who has made important contributions to the understanding of consciousness and the philosophy of cognitive science. He has been professor of philosophy and psychology at New York University since 1996, and a Silver Professor since 2005.

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Philosophers who discussed Ned Block

• David Chalmers
• Richard Boyd
• Hilary Putnam
• Michael Tye (philosopher)
• David M. Rosenthal (philosopher)

Ideas Ned Block discusses

• Philosophy
• Western philosophy
• Springer Science+Business Media
• Analytic philosophy
• Harvard University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Functionalism (philosophy of mind)
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Turing test
• Psychology
• University of Oxford
• Berlin
• Heidelberg
• Cognitive science
• Consciousness
• Philosophy of mind
• Chicago
• Hilary Putnam
• New York University
• Contemporary philosophy
• System
• Blockhead (thought experiment)
• William James Lectures
• Daniel Stoljar

Place in the tradition

Part of Analytic philosophy.

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