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loseyourname
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What About an Integrated Cognitive Sciences Forum?
Anyone that peruses should notice that the metaphysics and epistemology forum is dominated by discussions of consciousness and the philosophy of mind. Many times these discussions necessarily delve into topics of neurology, physics, and computer science (particularly artificial intelligence), and even the occasional treatment of cognitive psychology. If we were to apportion the topics properly, these would belong to five different forums as of right now. I think it would do the forums well to go the route of most major universities and create a forum specifically for the cognitive sciences (including the philosophy of cognitive science). I feel this would not only do better justice to the subject itself, but it would also encourage the participation of interested parties of particular scientific specialities who do not otherwise post in or even look at any of the philosophy forums.
What does the forum think?
Anyone that peruses should notice that the metaphysics and epistemology forum is dominated by discussions of consciousness and the philosophy of mind. Many times these discussions necessarily delve into topics of neurology, physics, and computer science (particularly artificial intelligence), and even the occasional treatment of cognitive psychology. If we were to apportion the topics properly, these would belong to five different forums as of right now. I think it would do the forums well to go the route of most major universities and create a forum specifically for the cognitive sciences (including the philosophy of cognitive science). I feel this would not only do better justice to the subject itself, but it would also encourage the participation of interested parties of particular scientific specialities who do not otherwise post in or even look at any of the philosophy forums.
What does the forum think?
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