Philosophical inquiry into intelligence, cognition, consciousness and the nature of artificial minds

Abstract

This paper conducts philosophical inquiry into the essence of intelligence, cognition and consciousness, probing the enigmatic nature the paper undertakes a philosophical inquiry into the intertwined concept of intelligence, cognition, consciousness, and the emerging possibility of artificial minds. 

Drawing from classical and contemporary philosophy of mind, the study interrogates weather artificial systems can meaningfully possess mental states or merely simulates them. The investigation situates modern artificial intelligence with in a broader intellectual lineage extending from René Descartes dualism and Immanuel Kantś transcendental account of cognition to contemporary debates such as Jhon Searle’s Chinese Room argument and David Chalmer’s formulation of the “hard problem” of consciousness by synthesizing perspectives from cognitive science, phenomenology, and computational theory, the paper explores whether intelligence should be understood as functional problem solving capacity, embodied cognition, or a phenomenon inseparable from cognitive sciences phenomenology  and computational theory. The study views recent advances in machine learning as provocations for philosophical reflection rather than final answers it discusses a duel between mind and body therefore understanding AI is not just technical issue but deep philosophical inquiry into nature of mind.