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Susan Schneider is an American philosopher. She is a professor of philosophy and cognitive science at The University of Connecticut, a fellow at the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton, a fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and a faculty member in the Ethics and Technology Group at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University. ==Academic areas== Schneider's main focus is the nature of the self and mind. Within the fields of metaphysics and philosophy of mind, much of her work explores the nature of thought, especially in light of discoveries in cognitive science and work in contemporary metaphysics. She has argued that the brain is computational, and has developed a new version of the language of thought ("LOT") position. But while supporting computationalism about the brain, she is a critic of physicalism about the nature of the mind, arguing physicalism is ill conceived.〔 She is also actively engaged in debates over artificial intelligence (including superintelligence) and brain enhancement (see mind uploading) and uses ideas from contemporary metaphysics, ethics and cognitive science, interlaced with science fiction thought experiments, to illustrate flaws in positions.〔 In an article for a NASA publication she argues that the most intelligent beings in the universe are likely to be superintelligent robots. Discussions of her work have appeared in ''The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Humanity+, Big Think, ''3 Quarks Daily'', ''Discover Magazine'', ''Science Magazine'', Motherboard, Slate (France), Popular Mechanics'', and more. Her work was recently the subject of a documentary TV episode.〔 thumbnail 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susan Schneider (philosopher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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