Super Spartans
Imagine a race of Super Spartans trained to suppress any behaviorial indication of pain. They exhibit no pain behavior whatsoever, even when they are in excruciating pain. So philosophical behaviorism fails to give an account of what pain is.


Hilary Putnam, 1975a.

 

 

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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can the Turing Test determine this? [2]  »Can the Turing Test determine this? [2] 
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Yes: defines intelligence operationally/behaviorally »Yes: defines intelligence operationally/behaviorally
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Philosophical (or logical) behaviorism »Philosophical (or logical) behaviorism
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Hilary Putnam »Hilary Putnam
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