This is a bibliography of recent work in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of artificial intelligence, and on consciousness in the sciences. It consists of 8142 entries, and is divided into six parts, each of which is further divided by topic and subtopic. Many older entries are annotated with a brief summary. Note that I stopped adding annotations a few years ago, and I don't necessarily take responsibility for annotations by my past self.

The bibliography consists mostly of papers and books from the last few decades, with density of coverage increasing with proximity to the present. Many core areas of contemporary philosophy of mind are covered, but some areas (e.g. philosophy of perception, philosophy of action, propositional attitude semantics, moral psychology) receive less coverage than others. Part 6 on the science of consciousness is relatively new and is not annotated. It's not strictly "philosophy of mind", but I've put it here for convenience. Of course the division between parts is inexact. There is plenty of material by philosophers in part 6, and plenty of material by scientists in the other parts (especially parts 1, 4, and 5).

I can no longer spend as much time on this bibliography as I used to, but I try to make a fairly thorough update every now and then. Thanks to Stephen Biggs, David Bourget, Chris Evans, and Brad Thompson for their research assistance with updates between 1999 and 2005.

As of 2005, the bibliography is searchable, includes links to many online texts derived from searching Google Scholar, and can be exported to EndNote. Many thanks to David Bourget of the University of Toronto for setting up these extremely useful services.

For links to other bibliographies, and for directories of online papers in these areas, see:

• (other) online bibliographies on philosophy, consciousness, and such
• online papers on consciousness

Comments, corrections, and suggestions for additions are more than welcome.

Part 1: Consciousness and Qualia [1523]

• 1.1 Consciousness [109]
• 1.1a Consciousness -- General [54]
• 1.1b The Concept of Consciousness [55]
• 1.2 Explaining Consciousness? [142]
• 1.2a Subjectivity and Objectivity [49]
• 1.2b The Explanatory Gap [31]
• 1.2c `Hard' and `Easy' Problems [29]
• 1.2d Cognitive Closure [20]
• 1.2e Miscellaneous [13]
• 1.3 Materialism and Dualism [293]
• 1.3a The Knowledge Argument [75]
• 1.3b Zombies & Modal Arguments [61]
• 1.3c Essentialist Arguments [33]
• 1.3d Arguments from Disembodiment [19]
• 1.3e Consciousness and Physicalism, Misc [19]
• 1.3f Consciousness and Dualism [20]
• 1.3g Mind-Body Problem, General [66]
• 1.4 Specific Views on Consciousness [316]
• 1.4a Higher-Order Thought Approaches [72]
• 1.4b Self-Representational Approaches [35]
• 1.4c Dennett on Consciousness [67]
• 1.4d Functionalism [9]
• 1.4e Eliminativism [17]
• 1.4f Epiphenomenalism [37]
• 1.4g Interactionism [20]
• 1.4h Panpsychism [29]
• 1.4i Russellian Monism [30]
• 1.5 Consciousness and Content [278]
• 1.5a Consciousness and Intentionality [37]
• 1.5b Representationalism [71]
• 1.5c The Content of Perceptual Experience [72]
• 1.5d Nonconceptual Content [35]
• 1.5e Internalism and Externalism about Experience [19]
• 1.5f Phenomenal Concepts [24]
• 1.5g Miscellaneous [20]
• 1.6 Aspects of Consciousness [237]
• 1.6a Self-Consciousness [85]
• 1.6b The Unity of Consciousness [60]
• 1.6c Homogeneity of Consciousness [11]
• 1.6d Knowledge of Consciousness [55]
• 1.6e The Function of Consciousness [26]
• 1.7 Qualia [148]
• 1.7a General [32]
• 1.7b Qualia and Materialism [13]
• 1.7c Eliminativism about Qualia [12]
• 1.7d The Inverted Spectrum [38]
• 1.7e Absent Qualia [17]
• 1.7f Introspection and Absent Qualia [10]
• 1.7g Functionalism and Qualia, General [26]

Part 2: Mental Content [1348]

• 2.1 Propositional Attitudes [283]
• 2.1a The Language of Thought [62]
• 2.1b The Intentional Stance [47]
• 2.1c Eliminativism [59]
• 2.1d Beliefs [52]
• 2.1e Desires [38]
• 2.1f Propositional Attitudes, General [25]
• 2.2 Internalism and Externalism [420]
• 2.2a Is Content in the Head? [39]
• 2.2b Social Externalism [27]
• 2.2c Externalism and Psychological Explanation [44]
• 2.2d Externalism and Mental Causation [28]
• 2.2e Externalism and the Theory of Vision [16]
• 2.2f Externalism and Computation [11]
• 2.2g Externalism and Self-Knowledge [142]
• 2.2h The Status of Narrow Content [47]
• 2.2i Two-Dimensionalism about Content [18]
• 2.2j The Extended Mind [15]
• 2.2k Miscellaneous [33]
• 2.3 Theories of Content [169]
• 2.3a Information-Based Accounts [37]
• 2.3b Asymmetric Dependence [23]
• 2.3c Causal Accounts, General [17]
• 2.3d Teleological Approaches [60]
• 2.3e Conceptual Role Approaches [19]
• 2.3f Theories of Content, Misc [13]
• 2.4 The Status of Intentionality [250]
• 2.4a Naturalism and Intentionality [13]
• 2.4b Meaning Skepticism [80]
• 2.4c Rule-Following [60]
• 2.4d The Normativity of Content [25]
• 2.4e Meaning Holism [30]
• 2.4f The Explanatory Role of Content [27]
• 2.4g Intentionality, Misc [15]
• 2.5 Representation [41]
• 2.6 Concepts [65]
• 2.7 Self-Knowledge [91]
• 2.8 Mental Content, Misc [29]

Part 3: Metaphysics of Mind [1465]

• 3.1 Supervenience [105]
• 3.1a Psychophysical Supervenience [16]
• 3.1b Supervenience and Physicalism [27]
• 3.1c Technical Issues in Supervenience [29]
• 3.1d Supervenience, General [33]
• 3.2 Reduction [117]
• 3.2a Reduction and Multiple Realizability [35]
• 3.2b Nonreductive Materialism [38]
• 3.2c Reduction in Psychology [20]
• 3.2d Reduction, Misc [24]
• 3.3 Other Psychophysical Relations [178]
• 3.3a Physicalism [54]
• 3.3b Token Identity [7]
• 3.3c Emergence [66]
• 3.3d Dualism [28]
• 3.3e Psychophysical Relations, Misc [23]
• 3.4 Functionalism [75]
• 3.4a Causal Role Functionalism [19]
• 3.4b Machine Functionalism [15]
• 3.4c Functionalism, Miscellaneous [41]
• 3.5 Other Psychophysical Theories [254]
• 3.5a Logical Behaviorism [61]
• 3.5b Identity Theory [99]
• 3.5c Eliminative Materialism [29]
• 3.5d Anomalous Monism [65]
• 3.6 Mental Causation [95]
• 3.7 Personal Identity [234]
• 3.7a Personal Identity, General [101]
• 3.7b Parfit on Personal Identity [54]
• 3.7c Persons [36]
• 3.7d Split Brains [23]
• 3.7e Multiple Personality [20]
• 3.8 Free Will [323]
• 3.9 The Problem of Other Minds [84]

Part 4: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence [639]

• 4.1 Can Machines Think? [269]
• 4.1a The Turing Test [59]
• 4.1b Godelian arguments [65]
• 4.1c The Chinese Room [76]
• 4.1d Machine Consciousness, Misc [44]
• 4.1e Machine Thought, Misc [25]
• 4.2 Computation and Representation [46]
• 4.2a Symbols and Symbol Systems [10]
• 4.2b Computational Semantics [16]
• 4.2c Implicit/Explicit Rules and Representations [8]
• 4.2d AI without Representation? [6]
• 4.2e Miscellaneous [6]
• 4.3 Philosophy of Connectionism [159]
• 4.3a Connectionism and Compositionality [43]
• 4.3b Representation in Connectionism [21]
• 4.3c Connectionism and Eliminativism [17]
• 4.3d The Connectionist/Classical Debate [21]
• 4.3e Subsymbolic Computation [8]
• 4.3f Philosophy of Connectionism, Misc. [37]
• 4.3g Foundational Empirical Issues [12]
• 4.4 Dynamical Systems [26]
• 4.5 Foundational Questions in AI [53]
• 4.5a The Nature of AI [7]
• 4.5b Levels of Analysis [11]
• 4.5c The Frame Problem [16]
• 4.5d AI Methodology [19]
• 4.6 Computationalism in Cognitive Science [40]
• 4.7 Computation and Physical Systems [24]
• 4.8 Philosophy of AI, Misc [22]

Part 5: Philosophy of Psychology [1087]

• 5.1 Folk Psychology and Theory of Mind [149]
• 5.1a The Nature of Folk Psychology [50]
• 5.1b The Theory Theory [17]
• 5.1c The Simulation Theory [65]
• 5.1d Theory of Mind, Misc [17]
• 5.2 Issues in Cognitive Science [325]
• 5.2a Nativism [53]
• 5.2b Modularity [39]
• 5.2c Evolution of Cognition [51]
• 5.2d Rationality [43]
• 5.2e Embodiment [32]
• 5.2f Animal Cognition [65]
• 5.2g Psychopathology [42]
• 5.3 Aspects of Mind [431]
• 5.3a Pain and Pleasure [53]
• 5.3b Emotions [127]
• 5.3c Dreams [27]
• 5.3d Memory [53]
• 5.3e Imagery and Imagination [63]
• 5.3f Color [108]
• 5.4 Philosophy of Psychology, General [133]
• 5.4a Psychological Laws [14]
• 5.4b Explanation in Cognitive Science [17]
• 5.4c Philosophy of Neuroscience [70]
• 5.4d Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Misc [32]
• 5.5 Philosophy of Mind, General [49]

Part 6: Consciousness in Science [2080]

• 6.1 Consciousness and Neuroscience [599]
• 6.1a Neural Correlates of Consciousness [90]
• 6.1b Neural Correlates of Visual Consciousness [53]
• 6.1c Blindsight [54]
• 6.1d Other Neuropsychological Disorders [76]
• 6.1e Cerebral Hemispheres and Consciousness [50]
• 6.1f Neural Timing and Consciousness [32]
• 6.1g Neural Synchrony and Binding [52]
• 6.1h Consciousness and Anesthesia [45]
• 6.1i Consciousness and Coma [25]
• 6.1j Foundational Issues [46]
• 6.1k Consciousness and Neuroscience, Misc [76]
• 6.2 Consciousness and Psychology [924]
• 6.2a Cognitive Models of Consciousness [64]
• 6.2b Unconscious Perception [79]
• 6.2c Unconscious Processes [46]
• 6.2d Visual Consciousness [38]
• 6.2e Change/Inattentional Blindness [30]
• 6.2f Consciousness and Attention [41]
• 6.2g Consciousness and Memory [92]
• 6.2h Consciousness and Learning [41]
• 6.2i Consciousness and Metacognition [21]
• 6.2j Consciousness and Control [30]
• 6.2k Consciousness and Action [30]
• 6.2l Consciousness and Imagery [24]
• 6.2m Consciousness and Emotion [39]
• 6.2n Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreaming [37]
• 6.2o Consciousness in Psychoanalysis [58]
• 6.2p Consciousness and Time [40]
• 6.2q Self-Consciousness [61]
• 6.2r Development of Consciousness [40]
• 6.2s The Stream of Consciousness [37]
• 6.2t Foundational Issues [20]
• 6.2u Consciousness and Psychology, Misc [56]
• 6.3 Consciousness and Physics [122]
• 6.3a The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics [30]
• 6.3b Quantum Mechanisms of Consciousness [53]
• 6.3c Consciousness and Physics, Misc [39]
• 6.4 Consciousness and Science, Misc [435]
• 6.4a Evolution of Consciousness [56]
• 6.4b Consciousness and Language [28]
• 6.4c Animal Consciousness [55]
• 6.4d Animal Self-Consciousness [25]
• 6.4e Altered States of Consciousness [34]
• 6.4f Parapsychology and Consciousness [59]
• 6.4g Phenomenology [71]
• 6.4h Introspection and Reportability [29]
• 6.4i Foundations [31]
• 6.4j Consciousness and Science, Misc [47]

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