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Brain implant — Brain implants, often referred to as neural implants, are technological devices that connect directly to a biological subject s brain usually placed on the surface of the brain, or attached to the brain s cortex. A common purpose of modern brain… … Wikipedia
Brain in a vat — In philosophy, the brain in a vat is any of a variety of thought experiments intended to draw out certain features of our ideas of knowledge, reality, truth, mind, and meaning. It is drawn from the idea, common to many science fiction stories,… … Wikipedia
brain in a vat — An updated version, due to Putnam, of Descartes s thought experiment with the malin génie (see method of doubt ). We are invited to consider the sceptical possibility that our experience is actually produced by a brain suspended in a life… … Philosophy dictionary
Isolated brain — refers to keeping a brain alive in vitro. This is done either by perfusion by a blood substitute, often an oxygenated solution of various salts, or by submerging the brain in oxygenated artificial cerebrospinal fluid (Bohlen, Halbach). It is the… … Wikipedia
Spock's Brain — NOTOC Infobox Star Trek episode name = Spock s Brain Spock s brainless body wearing the headgear control unit devised by Dr. McCoy. series = TOS ep num = 56 prod num = 061 remas. num = 34 date = September 20, 1968 writer = Gene L. Coon as Lee… … Wikipedia
List of philosophy topics (A-C) — 110th century philosophy 11th century philosophy 12th century philosophy 13th century philosophy 14th century philosophy 15th century philosophy 16th century philosophy 17th century philosophy 18th century philosophy 19th century philosophy220th… … Wikipedia
Undead (Dungeons & Dragons) — In the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game, undead is a classification of monsters that can be encountered by player characters. Undead creatures are most often once living creatures, which have been animated by spiritual or supernatural… … Wikipedia
Neuroanatomy of memory — Brain: Human The neuroanatomy of memory encompasses a wide variety of anatomical structures in the brain. Contents … Wikipedia
Hilary Putnam — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE name = Hilary Whitehall Putnam birth = July 31, 1926 flagicon|USA|size=20px Chicago, Illinois school tradition = Analytic main interests = Philosophy of … Wikipedia
Internalism and externalism — See also Externalism. Internalism and externalism are two opposing ways of explaining various subjects in several areas of philosophy. These include human motivation, knowledge, justification, meaning and truth. The distinction arises in many… … Wikipedia
