The Computational Model of Mind: A Comprehensive Synthesis of Cognition, Machines, and Artificial Intelligence

The Computational Model of Mind (CMM) conceptualizes cognition as computational processes, modeling mental operations through algorithmic manipulations of symbolic or distributed representations. This framework bridges psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and computer science, providing a unified lens for understanding the mind. Its symbiotic relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) has accelerated advances in cognitive science and the development of intelligent systems, from neural networks to autonomous agents. This article offers a comprehensive analysis of CMM, tracing its historical evolution from Turing's foundational ideas to modern deep learning paradigms. It delineates CMM's theoretical underpinnings, operational mechanisms, and strengths in simulating complex cognitive functions, while critically addressing limitations, such as its struggles with consciousness, embodiment, and ecological validity. The paper explores CMM's intersections with AI, highlighting applications in cognitive modeling, natural language processing, robotics, and neurotechnology. It also examines ethical challenges, including algorithmic bias, privacy concerns, and the implications of machine autonomy. Looking ahead, I propose future directions, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration, neurobiologically inspired algorithms, and emerging technologies like quantum computing. This synthesis affirms CMM's transformative role in unraveling the nature of mind and machine intelligence, and an innovative research at the nexus of cognition and technology

Tech, Trauma and Testimony: The limits of AI in GBV Justice

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into post-conflict justice systems particularly in documenting gender-based violence (GBV) promises efficiency and objectivity but risks perpetuating systemic biases and epistemic injustice. This paper critiques the deployment of AI in processing survivor testimonies, arguing that such technologies often replicate and amplify historical patterns of silencing marginalized voices. Drawing on feminist epistemology and real-world case studies (e.g., biased asylum adjudication algorithms, medical AI that underestimates female pain, and failures in international war crime tribunals), the analysis demonstrates how AI's reliance on structured, patriarchal datasets undermines trauma narratives that are nonlinear, fragmented, or culturally distinct. This paper challenges the assumption that AI can neutrally adjudicate justice, arguing instead that its use in GBV documentation risks automating the very injustices survivors face: erasure, disbelief, and institutional silencing. By interrogating case studies from asylum adjudication, medical diagnostics, and international tribunals, we expose how AI replicates patriarchal and colonial biases embedded in its training data. Survivors of GBV whose testimonies are frequently fragmented, nonlinear, or culturally specific are further marginalized when algorithms prioritize rigid, Western-centric notions of "credibility." The paper concludes with a call for feminist intervention, proposing principles such as survivor-centered design, radical transparency in AI decision-making, and explicit recognition of AI's limitations. It urges a halt to techno-utopian narratives that position AI as a neutral solution, emphasizing instead that justice requires political accountability, not algorithmic automation. This work contributes to urgent debates in AI ethics, transitional justice, and feminist technology studies by exposing how uncritical adoption of AI risks digitizing oppression under the guise of progress

The Witch as Philosopher

This article proposes a novel philosophical framework for understanding witchcraft as an existential and political act of resistance, positioning the witch as a philosopher who navigates ambiguity, reclaims agency, and redefines embodiment in oppressive contexts. Drawing on Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex (1949) and Ethics of Ambiguity (1947), the witch emerges as an existential figure who transcends the patriarchal construction of the "Other" through self-defined action, embodying freedom and responsibility in an ambiguous world. Hannah Arendt's concept of the "banality of evil" (Eichmann in Jerusalem, 1963) illuminates witch hunts as manifestations of unthinking obedience to authority, with the witch standing as a philosopher of resistance against systemic violence. The article explores the witching body as a site of subversive embodiment, the witching hours as a temporal rebellion against linear, patriarchal time, and supernatural practices like the third eye and astral projection as philosophical tools for transcending material constraints. By synthesizing feminist existentialism, political theory, and esoteric traditions, this work integrates insights from Mary Daly's Gyn/Ecology (1978), Ronald Hutton's The Witch (2017), Carlo Ginzburg's The Night Battles (1966), Emma Wilby's Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits (2005), and Norman Cohn's Europe's Inner Demons (1975). It addresses feminist critiques, particularly concerns about universalizing the witch's experience across cultures, by incorporating diverse contexts, from European cunning folk to African diasporic priestesses in Vodou and Yoruba traditions. The witch's practices, rooted in ambiguity, resistance, and agency offer a radical critique of patriarchal and authoritarian structures, reshaping our understanding of power, embodiment, and meaning. A timeline of witch hunts and a conceptual map of the witch's philosophical framework enhance the historical and theoretical analysis, contributing a groundbreaking perspective to the philosophy of witchcraft that bridges feminist theory, political philosophy, and occult studies

The Aesthetic of Ugliness as Beauty

This article explores ugliness as beauty, the paradox of ugliness, why objects or artworks that evoke displeasure can nevertheless captivate, inspire, and hold profound aesthetic significance, through a refined Kantian lens. Drawing on Immanuel Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790), we argue that ugliness is not merely the absence of beauty but a distinct aesthetic category that possesses its own form of beauty, rooted in the unrestrained free play of the imagination. By expanding Kant's theory of taste, we propose that the disharmony of ugliness, far from diminishing aesthetic value, mirrors the dynamic engagement of beauty, offering a unique aesthetic experience that challenges conventional norms and enriches our understanding of the human condition. Through an in-depth philosophical analysis, historical contextualization, and case studies from art and nature, we demonstrate that ugliness, as a form of beauty, provokes the imagination, sustains attention, and fosters a subjective-universal dialogue that is both unsettling and sublime. This exploration redefines aesthetic value, affirming ugliness as a vital counterpart to beauty in the tapestry of human experience

Machine Learning Algorithms: Simulating Intentionality in Artificial Intelligence

The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has reshaped human society, enabling machines to perform tasks once deemed the exclusive domain of human cognition, from navigating complex urban landscapes to crafting eloquent prose. Yet, a profound philosophical question looms: Can these systems possess intentionality, the capacity to direct actions toward goals, beliefs, or desires with the nuanced depth of human consciousness? Franz Brentano defined intentionality as the "aboutness" of mental states, a quality intrinsic to human experience. This paper embarks on an ambitious exploration of whether AI can transcend its algorithmic foundations to embody genuine intentionality, or whether it is destined to remain a sophisticated mimic, parroting intelligence without grasping its essence. Drawing on Ludwig Wittgenstein's concept of "forms of life," which posits that meaning arises from shared social and cultural contexts, I interrogate the contextual deficits that limit machine understanding. Through in-depth case studies of autonomous vehicles, large language models, Sniper the African grey parrot, and speculative scenarios such as AI-driven cultural preservation and interstellar diplomacy, I analyze the chasm between machine performance and human-like intentionality. This paper propose a groundbreaking framework for AI design, integrating dynamic learning, ethical embedding, and the novel concept of "synthetic forms of life," where machines might develop quasi-intentional states through prolonged, adaptive interactions with humans. By synthesizing insights from philosophy, cognitive science, neuroscience, and computer science, we argue that while current AI systems excel at simulating intelligence, they fall short of true intentionality due to their lack of lived experience. However, emerging paradigms like neuromorphic computing and embodied AI offer tantalizing possibilities for machines that might approximate meaning in ways that challenge our understanding of intelligence itself. This exploration poses a provocative question: If machines learn to "mean" something, will they redefine what it means to be human? Through rigorous analysis, technical depth, and speculative foresight, I aim to spark a reimagining of AI's potential and its implications for humanity's future

Plato, The Witch and The Cave

In the shadowed liminality where philosophy and witchcraft converge, a profound inquiry into the nature of being, embodiment, and the supernatural unfolds. This work, Plato, The Witch, and The Cave, seeks to illuminate the ontology of the witch through the lens of Platonic philosophy, weaving together the witch’s supernatural powers, spell-casting, divination, astral projection, and energy manipulation with Plato’s metaphysical and epistemological frameworks. The witch emerges as a figure of paradox, embodying both the visceral reality of the body and the transcendent aspirations of the soul, navigating a world where the material and immaterial intertwine. Her supernatural abilities, rooted in the body yet reaching toward the infinite, mirror Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, where the journey from shadow to light reflects the witch’s ascent through magical practices to realms beyond the physical. Drawing on historical, anthropological, and philosophical perspectives, this exploration delves into the witch as a symbol of resistance against marginalization, a vessel of intuitive and supernatural knowledge, and a bridge to the eternal Forms that Plato posited as the ultimate reality. By reimagining the witch as a philosophical archetype endowed with extraordinary powers, this study not only recontextualizes Plato’s theories in light of magical practices but also celebrates the witch’s supernatural agency as a challenge to rationalist hierarchies, revealing a shared quest for truth, ethics, and transcendence that resonates across time and culture

The Machine that gives Life: A Theological Reflection on Artificial Birth

This paper explores the ethical and theological unease surrounding artificial super intelligence birth through the lens of religious belief, particularly the conviction that life is sacred, mysterious, and divinely given. As technologies like artificial wombs, synthetic embryos, and AI-assisted reproduction move from fiction to fact, they challenge not only biological norms but also spiritual boundaries. This inquiry argues that such developments are not ethically neutral. When machines begin to replicate the conditions of conception and gestation, they do not merely extend human capacity, they imitate acts once considered sacred. For some, this evokes deep discomfort not out of fear of science, but because it unsettles the distinction between creation and simulation, between life as gift and life as manufacture. Drawing on Christian theology, this paper contends that artificial super intelligence birth represents not just technological progress, but a theological disruption. At stake is not only how we make life, but who is meant to give it. But what if we’ve already passed the point of no return? What if the first synthetic child has already been conceived in some lab, its DNA written by code rather than God? And if so, does it laugh, weep, or pray like we do? Or is it something else entirely? We do not offer easy answers. Instead, we attempt to open a space where such discomfort can speak, where spiritual resistance is not dismissed as irrational, but engaged with intellectual care. This is not a rejection of technology, but a meditation on what it means to create, and whether some forms of creation might belong not to us, but to God