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Biological Naturalism
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Consciousness and intentionality are caused by and realised in the brain. The brain has the right causal powers to produce intentionality.
John Searle, 1980a, 1980b, 1990b.
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial IntelligenceâA collaboratively editable version of Robert Horns brilliant and pioneering debate map Can Computers Think?âexploring 50 years of philosophical argument about the possibility of computer thought.âF1CEB7
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Can computers think? [1] »
Can computers think? [1]
Can computers think? [1]âCan a computational system possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding? âFFB597
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »
Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]âThinking is a rule governed manipulation of symbolic representational structures. In humans, symbol systems are instantiated in the brain, but the same symbol systems can also be instantiated in a computer. â59C6EF
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The Chinese Room Argument [4] »
The Chinese Room Argument [4]
The Chinese Room Argument [4]âInstantiation of a formal program isnt enough to produce semantic understanding or intentionality. A man who doesnt understand Chinese, can answer written Chinese questions using an English rulebook telling him how to manipulate Chinese symbols.âEF597B
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Understanding arises from right causal powers »
Understanding arises from right causal powers
Understanding arises from right causal powersâSystems capable of semantic understanding and intentionality must have at least the same causal powers as brains. Brains have sufficient causal powers to produce understanding: its an open empirical question whether other materials (eg silicon) do.â98CE71
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Biological Naturalism
Biological NaturalismâConsciousness and intentionality are caused by and realised in the brain. The brain has the right causal powers to produce intentionality.â98CE71
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Intentionality is irreducibly abstract »
Intentionality is irreducibly abstract
Intentionality is irreducibly abstractâIntentionality is irreducible to biological phenomena, just as space-time is irreducible to physical phenomena. Intentionality, like space-time, is primitive and fundamentally abstract.âEF597B
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Searle's materialism is problematic »
Searle's materialism is problematic
Searle's materialism is problematicâThe biological naturalism & right causal powers claims commit Searle to a form of materialism. This is problematic as we can imagine cases in which the brain has the biological causal powers to understand Chinese, but fails to do so.âEF597B
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Understanding is essentially linguistic »
Understanding is essentially linguistic
Understanding is essentially linguistic âUnderstanding involves no assumption about biological or internal processes, but is inferred from behavioural performance. Handling linguistic information by relying on context and acting in accordance with rules is sufficient for understanding.âEF597B
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John SearleâArguments advanced by John Searle.âFFFACD
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The Biological Assumption »
The Biological Assumption
The Biological AssumptionâThe brain is the hardware (or wetware) on which the software of the mind is run. Thinking is a symbolic process that is implemented in the neurons of the brain and that can also be implemented in the circuits of a digital computer.âFFFACD
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