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Computation has finally demystified mentalistic terms. Beliefs are inscriptions in memory, desires are goal inscriptions, thinking is computation, per...more

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The stuff of life turned out to be not a quivering, glowing, wondrous gel but a contraption of tiny jigs, springs, hinges, rods, sheets, magnets, zipp...more

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Thinking is computation, I claim, but that does not mean that the computer is a good metaphor for the mind. The mind is a set of modules, but the modu...more

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Some people think that evolutionary psychology claims to have discovered that human nature is selfish and wicked. But they are flattering the research...more

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Evolutionarily speaking, there is seldom any mystery in why we seek the goals we seek — why, for example, people would rather make love with an attrac...more

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People who are depressed at the thought that all our motives are selfish are [confused]. They have mixed up ultimate causation (why something evolved ...more

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The difference between bush and ladder also allows us to put a lid on a fruitless and boring debate. That debate is over what qualifies as True Langua...more