Qualifications
Research Interests
My current research is in Turing, Wittgenstein, history and philosophy of computer science, philosophy of language and logic, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of religion, and Popper.
Recent Publications
- Copeland BJ. and Proudfoot D. (2023) Correction to: On Alan Turing's anticipation of connectionism (Synthese, (1996), 108, 3, (361-377), 10.1007/BF00413694). Synthese 201(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-04023-z.
- Proudfoot D. (2022) An Analysis of Turing’s Criterion for ‘Thinking’. Philosophies 7(124): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/philosophies7060124.
- Proudfoot D. (2020) Rethinking Turing’s Test and the Philosophical Implications. Minds and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy and Cognitive Science http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11023-020-09534-7.
- Copeland J. and Proudfoot D. (2019) Turing's Mystery Machine. American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers 18(2): 1-6.
- Proudfoot D. (2018) Sylvan's Bottle and other Problems. The Australasian Journal of Logic 15(2): 95-123. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/ajl.v15i2.4858.