CAS PH 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: John Haugeland, Turing Test, Property Dualism
27 Mar 2014
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Philosophy how everything fits together: questions authorities, conceptual analysis, assertion>premise>conclusion, deductive conclusion logically follows from premises, validity. Independent of truth: sound - when premise 1 and 2 are true. Inductive conclusion not necessary accepting premise: inference, a generalization, assumption. To insist that god could not do so is to limit god"s powers: heads in the sand objection. You can only know christie is conscious if you are christie. Computers can surprise us: only surprising when it comes to the user, not the programmer, art, variation, evolution, free will. John haugeland reading: can computers think, are minds computers, mind is the software, mind includes consciousness, mentality, thinking, desires, brain is the hardware. If minds are like computers that follow rules, then we can scientifically look at the rules: how to explain rule following behavior, how does the mind interact with the body, what are computers, features of formal systems.
