PSYC-3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, List Of Fullmetal Alchemist Characters, Reductionism
19 Jan 2019
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Architectures against homunculi / elements of classical cognitive. The unique position occupied by the algorithm presents an interesting philosophical problem which is captured in a thought exercise by charles searle. One person writes a question in chinese symbols and inserts it into a slot to a room. The answer, also written in chineses symbols, is returned through the slot from the room to the person. The answering of the question it done by an english speaker that rearranges the. Chinese symbols according to a manual found in the room (ie the rooms algorithm) Thought exercises, such as the chinese room problem and liebniz" mill, highlight the importance of examining problems from di erent levels of analysis and also highlight the di culty of reductionism. Learning requires surprise, ie pavlov"s dogs, also if you"re learning stu you already know, you are not studying. If you are actually learning it, you need to be surprised by what you don"t know.
