Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography

Compiled by David Chalmers, Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. E-mail: chalmers@arizona.edu. (c) 2001 David J. Chalmers. Last updated: July 15, 2001.

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 5702 entries, and is divided into six parts, each of which is further divided by topic and subtopic.

• Part 1: Consciousness and Qualia [1082 entries]
• Part 2: Mental Content [869 entries]
• Part 3: Metaphysics of Mind [1026 entries]
• Part 4: Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence [565 entries]
• Part 5: Philosophy of Psychology [561 entries]
• Part 6: Consciousness in the Sciences [1599 entries]

Many of the entries are annotated with a brief summary. (I don't necessarily take responsibility for these annotations, many of which I wrote in the distant past.) The bibliography consists mostly of papers and books from the last few decades, with density of coverage increasing with proximity to the present. Most of the 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. A fuller table of contents is below.

Part 6 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).

The six parts here are in HTML. You can also get ASCII versions of Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and the whole thing. These can be useful for systematic use when downloaded, in combination with standard search functions.

I can no longer spend as much time on this bibliography as I used to, but I try to make a fairly thorough update once a year. New entries are rarely annotated, however. The online versions of Current Contents, PsycInfo, and the Philosophers' Index are all invaluable in this process. Thanks to Brad Thompson for his help with the 1999 and 2001 updates. I am grateful for pointers to any relevant material that I have missed.

For links to other bibliographies, and for links to around 1000 online papers in many of these areas, see my

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

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