A science-fiction novel about the mind-body problem,
written by a well-known philosopher who is also the son
of Fritz Leiber, a well-known science-fiction writer.
Powers, Richard
(1995),
Galatea 2.2
(Farrar Straus & Giroux).
A cognitive-science grad student is assigned the task
of programming a computer to pass the Ph.D. exam in English
literature. He (the grad student) falls in love with her (the
computational cognitive agent).
Lodge, David
(2001),
Thinks...
(Viking).
A novel about a professor of cognitive science and a
professor of English composition. The latter learns about
cog sci and has her students write cog-sci-related stories,
which are terrific.
The Turing Hopper Mysteries:
"Turing Hopper" is the name of a computational
cognitive agent (named after Alan Turing and Grace
Hopper) who becomes a detective, sort of
along the lines of Nero Wolfe in the sense that she(!)
cannot leave the building that she is located in and
must rely on others (some of whom know that she is a computer
but some of whom believein accordance with the
Turing Test?that she is a very shy human) to do
the legwork.
Andrews, Donna
(2003),
You've Got Murder
(Berkley).
Andrews, Donna
(2004),
Click Here for Murder
(Berkley).
Andrews, Donna
(2005),
Access Denied
(Berkley).
Andrews, Donna
(2006),
Delete All Suspects
(Berkley).
Papadimitriou, Christos H.
(2003),
Turing (A Novel about Computation)
(Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
A novel about a Turing-Test-passing computer
written by a well-known theory-of-computation researcher.
Lloyd, Dan
(2004),
Radiant Cool:
A Novel Theory of Consciousness
(Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
A "novel" theory of consciousness in the guise of a novel,
written by a well-known philosopher. I haven't read this one
yet.