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Knowledge based on external behaviour
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Because we have no direct access to the internal lives of other entities, we judge whether or not they have mental lives based on their external behaviour.
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Artificial Intelligence »
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence☜A collaboratively editable version of Robert Horns brilliant and pioneering debate map Can Computers Think?—exploring 50 years of philosophical argument about the possibility of computer thought.☜F1CEB7
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Can computers think? [1] »
Can computers think? [1]
Can computers think? [1]☜Can a computational system possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding? ☜FFB597
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No: computers can't be conscious [6] »
No: computers can't be conscious [6]
No: computers can't be conscious [6]☜Machines cant have subjective experiences. Machines cant consciously perceive, feel, or remember anything. And, because consciousness is necessary for thought, machines cant think either.☜59C6EF
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Mechanisms can't possess consciousness »
Mechanisms can't possess consciousness
Mechanisms can't possess consciousness☜No mechanism could consicously feel pleasure, success, grief, flattery, or any of the range of emotions and thoughts that humans experience due to their complex neuropysiology. No mechanism, then, can possess truly human consciousness.☜98CE71
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Be a solipsist or be pragmatic »
Be a solipsist or be pragmatic
Be a solipsist or be pragmatic☜Regarding consciousness as a necessary requirement for thought seems reasonable until you consider how you know if someone else is conscious. Solipsism is one respose to the uncertainty, judging pragmatically on the basis of behaviour another.☜EF597B
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Knowledge based on external behaviour
Knowledge based on external behaviour☜Because we have no direct access to the internal lives of other entities, we judge whether or not they have mental lives based on their external behaviour.☜98CE71
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Turing Test is an adequate test of thinking »
Turing Test is an adequate test of thinking
Turing Test is an adequate test of thinking☜If a computer can persuade judges that it is human via teletyped conversations, it passes the test and is deemed able to think.☜98CE71
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Argument from analogy »
Argument from analogy
Argument from analogy☜I know that my body is often affected by stimuli, which generate feelings, which in turn generate outward behaviour. As I observe the stimuli effects and behaviour in others, I can generalize from my truth that the middle link (feelings) exists too.☜98CE71
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Similar behaviour has similar causes »
Similar behaviour has similar causes
Similar behaviour has similar causes☜Other people have conscious inner lives similar to our own. We believe this because our behaviour is often caused by conscious mental states, and its reasonable to suppose that other peoples similar behaviour has similar causes.☜98CE71
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