PHLB81H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ontological Argument, Analytic Philosophy, Thoughtless
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Week 13 lecture #12: tuesday november 29, 2016. The plan: malcolm: thoughtless brutes, davidson: rational animals. Turning: machines likely ot have mind if they can pass turning test. Other guy: machines are things the just manipulate symbols. E. g. , my cat is pissed off at me b/c i left her alone. Cat wanted to take revenge: malcolm: only in a limited sense, davidson: no. Not talking about consciousness or what it"s like to be an animal. Animals: we ascribe thoughts to animals, they seem to behave as if they have certain thoughts, they seem to behave as if they are thinking. Norman malcolm: 1911-1990, wrote a book about dreaming, proponent of the ontological argument for the existence of god. Start off article w/ old view about animals from descartes. Descartes: animals do not have minds, animals are automatons. Cat is staring at you after leaving her for so long. If human did that, can say they were planning revenge.
