In “Can Computers Think?” John Searle argues against the prevailing view in philosophy‚ psychology‚ and artificial intelligence‚ which emphasizes the analogies between the functioning of the human brain and the functioning of digital computers. (Searle‚ 372) He asks whether a digital computer‚ as defined‚ can think. Specifically‚ he asks whether instantiating or implementing the right computer program with the right inputs and outputs is sufficient to‚ or constitutive of‚ thinking‚ to which he
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The Chinese Room is a thought experiment developed by John Searle. Searle imagines himself in a room receiving pieces of paper inscribed with Chinese symbols through a slot. Searle himself does not understand any Chinese. Searle locates the set of symbols he receives in an English instruction book and then sends out the corresponding set of symbols representing a response as identified in the book back through the slot; similar to how a computer follows the instructions of its program. The person
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professor‚ John R. Searle must include an understanding that a machine has the ability to “think” just because it has been fed the “correct” computer program that he calls “Strong AI” (artificial intelligence). However‚ he points out that “Strong AI” misses the basic point that any software program is simply a framework that designates the ways in which certain symbols are managed. That manipulation cannot be‚ under any definition or circumstance‚ be considered actual thought. Searle uses what
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Functionalism is the idea that the mind is like a computer program‚ which is the software of the body. It asserts that anything which has the ability to utilize our minds has intentionality‚ the ability to have thoughts about something. John Searle presents an argument which counters this idea called the Chinese Room which claims that even if something can mimic the workings of the human mind‚ it does not have intentionality. Functionalism describes the theory speaking about the mind and the body;
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Mind‚ Brains and Programs by John R. Searle discusses the idea of AI‚ specifically Strong AI. I will argue that his comments on AI being impossible to develop are incorrect. Searle had discussed many points but thinks too low of what makes up the intentionality he supports. (47 words) John R. Searle discusses AI with several points. They can be summed up into five points. The 1st point as well as 2nd point compare living animal’s ‘intentionality’ being based on the causal features and comparing
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1. Compare and contrast the views of John Searle and Rene Descartes on dualism. John Searle and Rene Descartes both had opinions on dualism. John believe different aspects like mental and physical both are one substance. Rene‚ on the other hand‚ believes two different substances like mental and physical are different things. Rene even talked about how thoughts and feelings that are nonmaterial exists in material place. 2. Compare and contrast the views of George Berkeley and Thomas Hobbes on the
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------------------------------------------------- Speech Acts in Kris Aquino’s tweets ------------------------------------------------- Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Sociolinguistics of the Graduate School of Ateneo de Davao University By Juliet G. Vasay Dennis C. Jaum ***** Ateneo de Davao University October 24‚ 2012 Acknowledgements _________________________________________________________________ The researchers would like to acknowledge
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human activity and maybe that is why language and linguistic communication have become a widely discussed topic among linguists‚ lawyers‚ psychologists and philosophers. Basically‚ we have carried out the present paper based on the works of J. R. Searle‚ J. L. Austin‚ P. W. Culicover‚ S. C. Levinson‚ G. U. Yule. The problem of speech acts was pioneered by another American language philosopher J.L. Austin. His observations were delivered at Harvard University in 1955 as the William James Lectures
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Analysis of Misunderstanding Caused by Different Interpretations of Speech Act Labels in Tintin and Asterix Comic Series Farah Attamimi English Department‚ Faculty of Letters‚ Maranatha Christian University‚ Suria Sumantri 65‚ Bandung 40164‚ Indonesia e-mail: farah.attamimi@yahoo.com Abstract: This paper presents analysis of misunderstanding occurred in a conversation which is caused by different interpretation of speech act labels between the speaker and the hearer. Misunderstanding occurred in
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Crystal D. A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics/ Basil Blackwell. - 2nd edition. New York‚1985. 2. Mulligan K. "Promisings and Other Social Acts: Their Constituents and Structure".- Ed. – Mulligan: Speech Act and Sachverhalt‚1987 . - 29-90. 3. Searle J. Speech Acts: an essay in the philosophy of language.- Ed. - Cambridge University Press‚ 1969 4. What is syntax [ Электронный ресурс].- Режим доступа : http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-syntax.htm . Загл. с экрана. – Дата обращения: 10.03.13. 5
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