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Do any of the items on the reading list besides Yudkowsky's sequence deal with dissolving the question to cognitive algorithms? I don't know if this idea has been spotted in academia or if it's just a LessWrong/AI-researcher-turned-philosopher thing.
Also, I would recommend adding Gary Drescher's Good and Real to the list.
Duh, Drescher! Added. Thanks.
As for dissolving the question to cognitive algorithms, there are certainly many philosophers and scientists who have written about why the brain produces certain unfounded debates in philosophy. See...
...in this comment.
Reductionism "from mystery to science" is hardly a reductionism...