1 Could a machine be conscious? This question is often dismissed as simple by those that would say “yes” in response. The usual claim made by the pro camp is that man is a ‘biological machine’ and is conscious‚ ergo‚ a machine is conscious. If we‚ humans‚ are truly biological machines and we are at the same time conscious then I would agree that yes‚ categorically‚ a machine could be conscious. But is it really that simple? I contend that it is a more difficult problem but not that it is a complicated
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Conscious & Unconscious The predominant school of thought on hypnosis is that it is a way to access a person’s unconscious mind directly. Normally‚ you are only aware of the thought processes in your conscious mind. You consciously think over the problems that are right in front of you‚ consciously choose words as you speak‚ consciously try to remember where you left your keys. But in doing all these things‚ your conscious mind is working hand-in-hand with your unconscious mind‚ the unconscious
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a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe. Tradition is something you pass down through generation to generation. Something that usually is a long established custom or belief that has been passed on a certain way. When the word tradition enters your mind‚ no one comes to think that tradition may have negative effects. Times have changed‚ should the way we live our lives change along with it? In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe the traditions from
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Health Conscious Consumer “Health means wealth”‚ once an adage has now become a motto of the major food processing companies in India. And this motto is not a far-fetched perception of the current consumer needs in the Indian foods and beverages market. The Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG)‚ a management consulting firm has estimated the current worth of the health and wellness foods market in India at INR101.5bn and sees it potentially rising at a compounded annual growth rate of 23% to
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R.Yusuf Akbal 210112409 03.05.2013 Can machines be conscious? Can machines be conscious? Well‚ the answer actually depends on the kind of machines you are talking about. Based on quite a few instances and research work done on this particular topic‚ I think that the machines can indeed be categorized as conscious beings and in the following paragraphs I will be providing a couple of examples in order to support my argument. If we look at the definition of consciousness‚ which implies that ‘one
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|Resources needed for lesson: |Key Vocabulary: | |WhiteBoard |Adjective‚ senses‚ Hear‚ See‚ Taste‚ Feel‚ Smell | |Wowo’s and Pens | | |Pupil Skills (including PLTS): KS3
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and Mood Handbook. 1st ed. London: Thorsons. Greenberger‚ D. & Padesky‚ C. A.‚ 1995. Mind over Mood: Changing the way you feel by changing the way you think. 1st ed. New York: Guilford Press. Hadley‚ J. & Staudacher‚ C.‚ 1996. Hypnosis for Change. 3rd ed. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications. Heap‚ M.‚ 2012. Hypnotherapy: A Handbook. 2nd ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press. Jaloba‚ A.‚ 2014. Weight off the Mind. 1st ed. Sheffield: Wellthought . Karle‚ H. W. A. & Boys‚ J. H.‚ 2010. Hypno-therapy:
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1. Which are the traits of character in Dr. Montessori do you identify that contributed to her great achievements? Dr. Maria Montessori was a keen observer of children. She used her observational and experimental proclivities from her medical background to develop‚ what we might today call‚ a Constructivist understanding of the process of learning. She studied them scientifically. If she saw some unusual behavior in a child‚ she would say‚”I won’t believe it now‚ I shall if it happens again”
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philosophers in the history of education is Italian born Dr. Maria Montessori. Her innovative classroom conception and specialized‚ natural flowing educational design were unique for her time period. Maria Montessori’s background assisted in shaping her personal philosophy of education‚ which is still widely applicable in schools today. Maria Montessori was born in the town of Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870 (“A Biography of Dr. Maria Montessori”). Her father was Alessandro Montessori‚ an
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Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravelle‚ Italy‚ on the 31st of August‚ 1870. In 1894 she was the first woman to graduate in Medicine from the University of Rome‚ and in 1899 she began a study of educational problems of handicapped children. Working on lines first laid down by the French physian E. Seguin‚ she achieved excellent results and the children under her guidance passed the state examination in reading and writing for normal children. Montessori’s involvement with the
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