If a computer was programmed in a certain way‚ could the computer acquire a mind? David Chalmers argued that if he can prove that the answers to these questions is “Yes‚” then strong artificial intelligence is an eventuality. Chalmers began his argument for strong AI‚ in his book The conscious mind (1996)‚ by classifying all objections to artificial intelligence to two types. The first type is functional objections‚ where all objections of this form does not accept that computational system are
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argumentative techniques to prove its claims. This essay will analyse two arguments from the book. The first section will analyse the argument from chapter 2 by identifying the marks of pseudoscience and the marks of a good explanation. The second section will be analysing the argument in chapter 5 by discussing some pseudoscientific marks‚ fallacies‚ rhetoric and cognitive biases that the argument includes. The analysis of these two arguments will show that the evidence provided by the author does not support
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Argument- The following appeared in a letter from a homeowner to a friend. "Of the two leading real estate firms in our town—Adams Realty and Fitch Realty—Adams Realty is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents; in contrast‚ Fitch has 25‚ many of whom work only part-time. Moreover‚ Adams’ revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch and included home sales that averaged $168‚000‚ compared to Fitch’s $144‚000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: ten years ago I listed
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In the second part of the reading by William Lane Craig and James D. Sinclair‚ the authors give reasons to support the kalam cosmological argument. Overall‚ they provided good arguments to support their claims. There was one part of the passage that I had a different idea on. There was a passage where the authors used a boiling kettle as an analogy to the universe. The authors reasoned that there were two explanations to the question‚ “Why is the kettle boiling?” One being a scientific explanation
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Discuss Girard’s argument that violence is at the core of every religion and examine the scapegoat theory Around the world violence and war are being carried out in the name of religion‚ not just in today’s society but throughout history. René Girard argues that violence is at the core of every religion‚ and by the ways that the media portray religious conflict could lead many people to agree. This essay will be explaining his argument and examining the key points‚ in order to understand his view
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Xian Chen Anth/Ling 114 #1C Due Nov. 5th‚ 2014 Argument Mapping The goal of this paper is to present an ‘argument mapping ’ of Jane H. Hill’s article‚ ‘Language‚ Race‚ and White Public Space ’. In order to map the argument‚ I will do the following four steps. Firstly‚ I am going to claim the main point of this article.Secondly‚ I will define all the terms and concepts in the argument article to understand the main thought of the author. Third‚ I will link these claims and evidence ‚ compared them
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opposing side of the argument and gave sufficient evidence to back his claim. This is also an example of how self-subversive thinking should be used to help better explain complex topics such as global warming. Had the professor been a confident bulldozer‚ all of the students‚ including me‚ would not have learned as much as we did. We would not have understood the opposing side and in turn‚ would have become confident bulldozers about the global warming. This supports Schulz’s argument about how self-subversive
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a paragraph of roughly 100 words‚ summarize Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes’s central arguments in “What is an Author?” and “The Death of the Author.” Your goal is to capture the overarching argument‚ the big picture. Often‚ you will recognize the central argument when the rhetoric becomes abstract‚ more explanatory‚ conceptual‚ or theoretical in tone. ⎯ Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes’s main argument center on the figure of the author and attempt to deconstruct the vision of the author as
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According to an argument in BBC‚ it states that‚ “Scientists experiment on animals for a host of different reasons‚ including basic research to explore how organisms function‚ investigating potential treatments for human disease‚ and safety and quality control testing of drugs‚ devices and other products. Its proponents point to the long list of medical advances made possible with the help of animal research” (Katsnelson). I believe that this first argument is the strongest because it offers several
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Ontological Argument Video When someone say a possible world they mean as hypothetical situation. It is generally a way for philosophers to test an idea to see if it is logically by asking could it exists in a possible world like our own.Three ways entities are defined in ontological argument are impossible it’s an entity that exists in no possible worlds‚ contingent an entity that exists in some possible worlds. God is defined as a maximally great being which means love‚wisdom‚ and power. The lesser
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