The purpose of the Society for Machines and Mentality is to advance philosophical understanding of issues involving artificial intelligence, philosophy, and cognitive science.

The Society for Machines and Mentality

Welcome to the homepage for the Society for Machines and Mentality. We are affiliated with the journal Minds and Machines.

Please consult the Website Contents section at the bottom of this page to learn what's on the website.

News

July 30, 2009

The Society for Machines and Mentality is hereby dissolved under Article 11 of the Society's Constitution. All current members in SFMM are now members of IA-CAP. Provision has been made for the payment of all liabilities of the Society, and the Society's remaining assets will be disposed of in a manner consistent with Article 11, to wit, they have been transferred to the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IA-CAP), to be used by that organization for the establishment of SIG-SFMM, the IA-CAP Special Interest Group--Society for Machines and Mentality.

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Website Contents

To navigate this website, use the links in the red navigation bar at the top and bottom of each page. Here's a brief guide to the contents of the pages you can reach from the links in the navigation bar.

• The home link takes you to this page.
• The journal link takes you to a page describing Minds and Machines, the scholarly journal affiliated with the Society for Machines and Mentality.
• The meetings link leads to a listing of the talks given at the past and upcoming meetings of the Society.
• The officers link takes you to a page listing the past and current officers of the Society.