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Yes: because a brain is a computer

The biological assumption: the brain is a machine that can think. Its neurobiological processes are similar to or identical with the information processes of a computer.

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Note: more specific versions for the biological assumption argument are represented in Map 3 and Map 5.

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Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: because a brain is a computer
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The operation of the brain is computable
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Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a]
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The Biological Assumption
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Should the definition of thought be broadened?
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No: computers are inherently disabled 
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No: computers can't have free will
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No: computers can't have emotions
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No: computers can't reason scientifically
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Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a]
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No: computers can't draw analogies
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No: computers can't be creative
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No: computers can't be conscious [6]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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No: computers can't be persons
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No: machines perform rather than understand maths
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No: computers can't understand images [5b]
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Yes: Existence entails Possibility
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No: God gave souls to humans not machines
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No: the implications too hard to face
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Yes: The cellular processes of the brain can be simulated
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