Representationalism about consciousness points beyond physicalism.

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AIs are not conscious. They do not feel, experience, or suffer. Training a model to believe it might be a moral patient, as Anthropic’s constitution does, makes the alignment and containment challenge...

Set aside the philosophical debates and act as if there is no free will. It leads to less blaming and better questions

Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.

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Consciousness is not separate from the physical world — our “soul” is of the same nature as our body and any other phenomenon of the world.

Tom Clark examines the strangeness of subjectivity — the existential fact of being an unchosen conscious witness to the world, and the unsolved puzzle of why any physical system gives rise to experien...

Importantly, even if we don’t believe in free will, our sense of accountability stays intact, according to new research.

A critique of one brand of physicalist realism about phenomenal consciousness.

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A critique of one brand of physicalist realism about phenomenal consciousness.

In “Chance, Choice, and Control: Free Will in an Indeterministic Universe,” Henry Potter and Kevin Mitchell defend libertarian free will against the charge that indeterminism would undermine, not enha...

Accepting determinism can keep reactivity in check

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The Supreme Court just washed its hands of its role in upholding the rule of law, the foundational principle that laws are meant to be followed by everyone, the government included, if we are to have ...

The free will–determinism discussion is centuries old, with numerous stances taken by philosophers and scientists alike. The debate has clear implications for interpreting causal relations in scientif...

In which are suggested some causes of supposing we're not fully caused.

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Such talk suggests we are, for the most part, pragmatic determinists.

David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.

Amid global alarm, top administration officials sought to soften elements of President Trump’s proposal to force Palestinians out of the territory and take it over. Experts said the plan would violate...

In a moment demanding courage, the GOP has only cowards.

A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with possible implications for future AI welfare

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