The Splintered Mind

reflections in philosophy of psychology, broadly construed

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

A Model of Disunified Human Experience

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It's a philosophical truism that human conscious experience is unified: If you're at a bar, hearing music, tasting beer, and feeling...
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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Backup and Death for Humanlike AI

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Most AI systems can be precisely copied. Suppose this is also true of future conscious AI persons, if any exist. Backup and fissioning sho...
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Friday, March 13, 2026

Age and Fame in Philosophy

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A philosophical discussion arc is a curve displaying how frequently a term appears in philosophical journal abstracts, titles, and keywords...
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Friday, March 06, 2026

Philosophy Should Be Among the Most Diverse Disciplines, Not the Least

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Philosophy should be among the most diverse of the academic disciplines. Instead, it is among the least diverse. Philosophical reflecti...
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Saturday, February 28, 2026

Discussion Arcs for Topics and Philosophers

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Let's define a discussion arc in philosophy as a curve displaying how frequently a term appears in philosophical journal abstracts, tit...
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Thursday, February 19, 2026

Disunity and Indeterminacy in Artificial Consciousness (and Maybe in Human Consciousness Too)

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Our understanding of the nature of consciousness derives mainly from our understanding of the nature of consciousness in our favorite animal...
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Friday, February 13, 2026

The Intrinsic Value of Diversity

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Moral diversity, Olivia Bailey and Thi Nguyen say (in a draft paper shared with Myisha Cherry's Emotion and Society Lab ), is valuable...
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Thursday, February 05, 2026

Artificial Intelligence as Strange Intelligence: Against Linear Models of Intelligence (New Paper in Draft)

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by Kendra Chilson and Eric Schwitzgebel Our main idea, condensed to 1000 words: On a linear model of intelligence , entities can be ro...
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Friday, January 30, 2026

Does Global Workspace Theory Solve the Question of AI Consciousness?

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Hint: no. Below are three sections from Chapter Eight of my manuscript in draft, AI and Consciousness , fresh new version available toda...
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Friday, January 23, 2026

Is Signal Strength a Confound in Consciousness Research?

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Matthias Michel is among the sharpest critics of the methods of consciousness science. His forthcoming paper, " Consciousness Doesn...
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