Paul Montgomery Churchland was born on October 21,1942 and is a Canadian philosopher known for his studies in neurophilosophy and the philosophy of mind.
14 Facts About Paul Churchland
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Paul Churchland is the husband of philosopher Patricia Paul Churchland, with whom he collaborates closely.
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Paul Montgomery Churchland was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on October 21,1942.
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Paul Churchland liked building things in his father's woodworking and metal shop in their basement, and expected to become an aerodynamical engineer.
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At the University of British Columbia, Paul Churchland began with classes in math and physics, intending to pursue engineering.
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Paul Churchland graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1964.
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In 1969, Paul Churchland took a position at the University of Manitoba, where he would teach for fifteen years, becoming a full professor in 1979.
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Paul Churchland spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego in 1984.
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Paul Churchland's work is in the school of analytic philosophy in western philosophy, with interests in epistemology and the philosophy of science, and specific principal interests in the philosophy of mind and in neurophilosophy and artificial intelligence.
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Paul Churchland's work has been described as being influenced by the work of W V O Quine, Thomas Kuhn, Russell Hanson, Wilfrid Sellars, and Paul Feyerabend.
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Paul Churchland believes that beliefs are not ontologically real; that is, that a future, fully matured neuroscience is likely to have no need for "beliefs", in the same manner that modern science discarded such notions as legends or witchcraft.
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Paul Churchland acknowledges that this proposal will likely be found in error with regard to the neurological details, but states his belief that it is on the right track in its use of recurrent neural networks to account for consciousness.
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Professor Paul Churchland has authored several books in philosophy, which have been translated into many languages.
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Professor Paul Churchland has written a number of published articles, some of which have been translated into other languages, including several that have had a substantial impact in philosophy.