I am near the beginning of my (active) study of the philosophy of "Laws of Nature", perhaps there is someone here who could either nip this idea of...
I plead not guilty on this one. The reason that the move from 3 participants (in Turing's "Imitation Game", the phrase "Turing Test" was not used...
Yes, good point, however this is another case of too much unnecessary ink spillage. Though it seems like there is a problem here, I don't think we...
Yes. #1 is identifying Knowledge with Justified True Belief, in the Leibnizian sense of "anything that is true of one is true of the other". Why do...
"I'm writing a book on Magic." "Oh yeah? You mean like fortune telling and casting spells and all that?" "No no, I mean tricks, illusions, 'street...
Thanks for the great post Billy T. Some comments: I understand that many people seem to think that this is a criticism of the TT, but I just...
"various" Turing Tests? There is one Turing Test. It is described in the OP and many places online. "like tests for intelligence and...
You're right, this post was far too long and confusing, my apologies. If anyone is interested, I propose this thread be a discussion (at least to...
I haven't had much luck so far generating a decent discussion here, I'll give it another attempt, keeping an eye to brevity and contentiousness....
Mistake! Oh, bother. As you will notice if you check the timestamps on my last post, Fraggle posted while I was writing mine, I was replying to...
But of course, not completely clear, as "closed system" is a concept from physics meaning "isolated from the surrounding environment". Most familiar...
What does it mean to "think"? This used to be a hot topic within philosophy. Questions in philosophy of mind these days typically involve more...
No, Quantum, that is not how I read it. I am on the bus with those who criticize the question in the phrasing which was used, as it can (and has!)...
Read Only, I recommend you employ this simple strategy for success in life (or at least Monopoly): When there is a mistake made in your favor, do not...
First of all, this isn't entirely accurate. Even were context to be important in this sort of discussion (which it is not), the context is the CR...
Let me attempt to explain why we appear to disagree again Doreen. I believe we are arguing about different issues, on different levels, if you will....
Though I would take issue with the phrasing of both your question and each position, I will refrain from attempting to criticize them and just read...
Sources and Semantics are entirely different. I agree no quibbling about sources. I agree be very clear about terms. Didn't mean to be...
Searle's intent was: to prove via a priori argument that "Instantiating a computer program is never by itself a sufficient condition for...
Yes the SEP is usually substantially superior to the Wikipedia. In this case, the author of the SEP article just happens to be my undergraduate...
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