ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces artificialism as a philosophical stance in philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. Artificialism refers to the relation of computation in the mind and in the scientific structure of the world. Artificialism explores the nature of the mind through computation and its role across possible worlds. The computation of minds and machines elaborates a range of philosophical questions about the nature of the mind in the cultural sphere. Varieties of artificialism consist of questions regarding the explanatory role of computation in philosophical inquiry and scientific discovery. Artificialism considers the standards of information production from computational theory as foundational to theory building in philosophy of science.
