John A. Barnden

Emeritus Professor of Artificial Intelligence
School of Computer Science

The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.


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Phone (landline): (+44) (0)121-440-5677       Phone (mobile): (+44) (0)7970-852657 [usually off, but please leave message]

Research

My research is within Cognitive Science, including Artificial Intelligence, and has the following main aspects:

  1. The nature of (SELF-)CONSCIOUSNESS, whether natural (human, animal, ...) or artefactual.
    This work started relatively recently.
    Even more recently it has led to thoughts on the nature of TIME.

  2. The processing of FIGURATIVE UTTERANCES (metaphoric, metonymic, hyperbolic, ironic, ...), by person or machine

      For some of the work, see the ATT-Meta project.

      The work on metaphor started (long ago now) with a concentration on
      metaphor for describing MENTAL STATES(/PROCESSES),
      but then became general-purpose.

      The work on metonymy, irony and hyperbole is relatively recent.


I have done work on CONNECTIONISM, but stopped pursuing this years ago.


Selected Publications & Presentations


Metaphor-of-Mind Databank

I have been building a databank of examples of metaphors of mind in real text and speech.
This databank is a product of the ATT-Meta project.


Opportunities for Student Projects (PhD and MPhil only)

I may be able to help to supervise you,
BUT ONLY IF they closely match my particular interests in cognitive science or philosophy.

Degrees and Positions: here

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8062-2288

Page on Academia.edu: http://bham.academia.edu/JohnBarnden



Last update: 18 Nov 2024