The expanded conception of mind in C. S. Peirce

Abstract

Since the mid-20th century, when the cognitive sciences flourished and to this day continued their path of uninterrupted advances, the themes around the notion of consciousness, along with the pursuits of a definition for the concepts of mind, thought, intelligence, and so forth have, occupied a central position in and beyond these sciences. Recently, concern around these concepts has grown with even greater emphasis from the hitherto successful explosion of artificial intelligence. What is intelligence? How is human cognition distinguished from machinic cognition? These and other similar questions constitute burning questions. Given this condition, this paper proposes to develop the Peircean concept of the mind with the conviction that its careful explanation can make a major contribution to the cognitive sciences in general and to studies on artificial intelligence in particular.