Ned Block - Definition and Overview

NED BLOCK (Ph.D., Harvard)

Philospher of mind who has made important contributions to matters of conciousness and cognitive science.

Famous for presenting an argument against the Turing Test as a test of intelligence in a paper entitled Psychologism and Behaviourism by using a thought experiment in which he suggests the creation of a computer which has come to be known as Blockhead. Positions Past and Present

1. 'Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at NYU' 1996 - Current
2. Chair of the Philosophy Program At MIT - ?.....- 1996
3. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
4. Guggenheim Fellow
5. Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Language and Information
6. Sloan Foundation Fellow
7. Recipient of Fellowhip from the American Council of Learned Societies
8. Recipient of Fellowhip the National Science Foundation.
9. Past President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology
10. Past Chair of the MIT Press Cognitive Science Board of Syndics
11. Past President of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
12. Co-editor of The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates (MIT Press, 1997).

External Links:

1. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/