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Minds and Machines affords an international forum for the discussion and debate of important and controversial issues concerning significant developments within its areas of editorial focus. Well-reasoned contributions from diverse theoretical perspectives are welcome and every effort will be made to ensure their prompt publication. Among the features that make this journal distinctive within the field are these:
Strong stands on controversial issues are especially encouraged
Important articles exceeding normal journal length may appear
Special issues devoted to specific topics are a regular feature
Critical responses to previously published pieces are invited
Review essays discussing current problem situations will appear
This journal is intended to foster a tradition of criticism within the AI and philosophical communities on problems and issues of common concern. Its scope explicitly encompasses philosophical aspects of computer science. All submissions will be subject to review.

Editorial Focus:

Machines and Mentality - Knowledge and Its Representation - Epistemic Aspects of Computer Programming - Connectionist Conceptions - Artificial Intelligence and Epistemology - Computer Methodology - Computational Approaches to Philosophical Issues - Philosophy of Computer Science - Simulation and Modelling - Ethical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence.

Editor in Chief:
Mariarosaria Taddeo, Oxford Internet Institute
Book Review Editor:
Timothy Colburn, University of Minnesota
Editorial Board:
Andy Clark, University of Edinburgh
Jack Copeland, University of Canterbury
Robert Cummins, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David Danks, Carnegie Mellon University
Luciano Floridi, University of Oxford
Clark Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University
Stephan Hartmann, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich
Phillip Johnson-Laird, Princeton University
Frank Keil, Yale University
Arthur Paul Pedersen, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
William J. Rappaport, SUNY Buffalo
Francisco Santos, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal
Richard Scheines, Carnegie Mellon University
Brian Skyrms, University of California at Irvine
Paul Smolensky, Johns Hopkins University
Choh Man Teng, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Gregory R. Wheeler, Frankfurt School of finance & Management
Gabriel Uzquiano, University of Southern California
Liane Young, Boston College