Historical Background The Chinese Nation a Ned Block(born 1942) is an American philosopher working in the field of thephilosophy of mind who has made mportant contributions to matters ofconsciousness and cognitive science. In 1971. he obtained his ph D. fromHarvard University under Hilary Putnam. He went to Massachusetts nstitute of Technology(MIT)as an assistant professor of philosophy (1971-1977), worked as associate professor of philosophy(1977 1983), professor of philosophy(1983-1996) the philosophy section(1989-1995). He has, since 1996, been a professor in the departments of philosophy and psychology and at the Center for Neural Science at New York University(NYU) Ned Block (born 1942) is an American philosopher working in the field of thephilosophy of mind who has made important contributions to matters ofconsciousness and cognitive science. In 1971, he obtained his Ph.D. fromHarvard University under Hilary Putnam. He went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as an assistant professor of philosophy (1971-1977), worked as associate professor of philosophy (1977- 1983), professor of philosophy (1983-1996) and served as chair of the philosophy section (1989-1995). He has, since 1996, been a professor in the departments of philosophy and psychology and at the Center for Neural Science at New York University (NYU). Historical Background: The Chinese Nation