René Descartes, the Robots and the Soul in the debate between Tommaso Ceva and Guido Grandi

Descartes outlined human intelligence as a divine gift, albeit in a system governed by universal laws of physics and mathematics. In the eighteenth century the camaldolite Guido Grandi and Tommaso Ceva, both mathematicians, had a dispute about the interpretation of the Cartesian model of human intel...

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Main Author: Alfredo Serrai
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Published: University of Bologna 2016-05-01
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description Descartes outlined human intelligence as a divine gift, albeit in a system governed by universal laws of physics and mathematics. In the eighteenth century the camaldolite Guido Grandi and Tommaso Ceva, both mathematicians, had a dispute about the interpretation of the Cartesian model of human intelligence. This case provides an opportunity to retrace the path of a speculative techno-philosophical question concerning the human possibility to equipping robots with the ability to experience a self-consciousness.
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spelling doaj.art-0ccea613f98d4bd58fc6940749983bb82022-12-22T03:43:26ZengUniversity of BolognaBibliothecae.it2280-79342283-93642016-05-0151557010.6092/issn.2283-9364/61055568René Descartes, the Robots and the Soul in the debate between Tommaso Ceva and Guido GrandiAlfredo Serrai0Università di Roma "La Sapienza"Descartes outlined human intelligence as a divine gift, albeit in a system governed by universal laws of physics and mathematics. In the eighteenth century the camaldolite Guido Grandi and Tommaso Ceva, both mathematicians, had a dispute about the interpretation of the Cartesian model of human intelligence. This case provides an opportunity to retrace the path of a speculative techno-philosophical question concerning the human possibility to equipping robots with the ability to experience a self-consciousness.https://bibliothecae.unibo.it/article/view/6105Intelligenza artificialeModello filosofico cartesianoEpistemologia della scienzaRoboticaTrasmissione del sapere
spellingShingle Alfredo Serrai
René Descartes, the Robots and the Soul in the debate between Tommaso Ceva and Guido Grandi
Bibliothecae.it
Intelligenza artificiale
Modello filosofico cartesiano
Epistemologia della scienza
Robotica
Trasmissione del sapere
title René Descartes, the Robots and the Soul in the debate between Tommaso Ceva and Guido Grandi
title_full René Descartes, the Robots and the Soul in the debate between Tommaso Ceva and Guido Grandi
title_fullStr René Descartes, the Robots and the Soul in the debate between Tommaso Ceva and Guido Grandi
title_full_unstemmed René Descartes, the Robots and the Soul in the debate between Tommaso Ceva and Guido Grandi
title_short René Descartes, the Robots and the Soul in the debate between Tommaso Ceva and Guido Grandi
title_sort rene descartes the robots and the soul in the debate between tommaso ceva and guido grandi
topic Intelligenza artificiale
Modello filosofico cartesiano
Epistemologia della scienza
Robotica
Trasmissione del sapere
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