Playing God In this paper I will argue that computers cannot have minds. Using examples from Descartes‚ Turing‚ and Searle about the definitions of the mind and how it works to support my claim. I will be using the thoughts and examples used by these gentlemen to show how they are relevant in our understanding of the question at hand: Can a Computer have a mind? Descartes was a philosopher that lived during 1600s and is the father of dualism. Dualism is a philosophy that stemmed out of skepticism
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Section 4: The role of science to explain consciousness When I see my dog and my cat‚ I realize how differently they behave – I think the cat is somehow more mysterious –‚ but how I could know that they have inner states? Likewise‚ people have different behaviours: if they are at a football match they behave differently than in an art gallery. We suppose that they have different inner states‚ but how do we know this? There are different approaches to take to this question‚ but fundamentally the
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in organisations and in our everyday lives. Kegan’s theory is made up of a number of key elements these are: • Orders of Consciousness • Subject / Object Theory • Dynamic Equilibrium • Transformation • Competing Commitments and Immunity To Change A number of assumptions underpin Kegan’s theory of adult development – Orders of Consciousness not only refer to how one thinks but generally how one constructs reality from experience. The orders are concerned with how we
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A paper written for Classical Sociology‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore Introduction “It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being‚ but‚ on the contrary‚ their social being that determines their consciousness” – Karl Marx The above notion by Karl Marx is the base of all his succeeding works; it is Marx’s concept of Man and how he critiqued the existing dominant ideology of German thought‚ and relates his argument to societal change and history – specifically
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in his work. In the film “Do The Right Thing” we can tie in the idea of W.E.B. Du Bois’s double consciousness when examining the pivotal role of the character Mookie. Throughout the film Mookie is constantly walking on a thin line between two highly segregated social groups‚ which as a result leaves Mookie torn to where his place in society should stand. W.E.B. Du Bois’s concept of double consciousness is intended to describe an individual whose identity is divided into several facets‚ and in this
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Consciousness: Sleep‚ Dreams‚ Hypnosis‚ and Drugs Roberto Diaz was very anxious. He was nearing the end of his freshman semester when he suddenly remembered that he had signed up for another class and had never attended it. He couldn’t even remember the name of the course‚ but exams were coming on fast and he was absolutely sure that he was going to fail that “mystery” class. To make things worse‚ he’d been searching for this “lost course” for five nights in a row. Each time he woke up…fearful
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Definition Description Consciousness Our awareness of ourselves and our environment (can take different forms) Cognitive neuroscience The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception‚ thinking‚ memory and language) Dual processing The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious (deliberate‚ high road) and unconscious (automatic‚ low road) tracks. Selective attention The focusing of conscious awareness on
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Ch.3 Consciousness and Two-Track Mind Outline I. Consciousness A. The two-track mind is made up of unconscious processing and serial conscious processing. Our brain is dual-processing‚ meaning that we interpret things at the same time. For example‚ the visual perception track enables us to unconsciously recognize objects and plan for the future. The visual action track deals with our conscious‚ moment-to-moment actions. So‚ unconscious processing is information that is drilled into your
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Demand Flow® Technology and Value-Stream Mapping Shanghai‚ February 2005 The principles of Demand Flow® Technology are a close complement to those of Value-Stream Mapping. Value Stream Mapping shows how product and information flow across all the process steps in the supply-chain. It compares the current state with the future state to provide a visual description of the target objectives that need to be achieved. Demand Flow® Technology provides a complete set of tools for all of the manufacturing
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The term "double consciousness" originated from an 1897 Atlantic Monthly article of Du Bois’s titled "Strivings of the Negro People." It was later republished and slightly edited under the title "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" in his collection of essays‚ The Souls of Black Folk. This was a concept developed by the American sociologist and intellectual W. E. B. Dubois to describe the felt contradiction between social values and daily struggle faced by blacks in the United States. Being black‚ Dubois
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