Editing Ned Block (section)

{{Short description|American philosopher}}
{{Infobox philosopher
| region           = [[Western philosophy]]
| era              = [[20th-century philosophy]]
| name             = Ned Block
| image            = Large ned.block.jpg
| birth_date       = 1942
| birth_place      = [[Chicago]], U.S.
| school_tradition = [[Analytic philosophy]]
| main_interests   = [[Philosophy of mind]]
| notable_ideas    = [[Blockhead (thought experiment)|Blockhead]]<br>[[China brain]]
| notable_students = [[Daniel Stoljar]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tree – David Chalmers|url=http://consc.net/tree/|access-date=2020-07-22|language=en-US}}</ref>
}}
'''Ned Joel Block''' (born 1942) is an American [[philosopher]] working in [[philosophy of mind]] who has made important contributions to the understanding of [[consciousness]] and the philosophy of [[cognitive science]]. He has been professor of [[philosophy]] and [[psychology]] at [[New York University]] since 1996, and a Silver Professor since 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Silver Professors |url=https://as.nyu.edu/people/silverprofessors.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=as.nyu.edu}}</ref>