An early intuition of Heidegger. From the Homme plante to the dilemma of music

In 1957 Martin Heidegger highlighted how the computer language could be a poor imitation of the human language. The computer, infact, can reproduce only the logical and mathematical skills of the human mind, not the feelings and the ethics. Neither Julien Offray de La Mettrie, who in 1758 theorized...

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Main Author: Alfredo Serrai
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Published: University of Bologna 2017-12-01
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description In 1957 Martin Heidegger highlighted how the computer language could be a poor imitation of the human language. The computer, infact, can reproduce only the logical and mathematical skills of the human mind, not the feelings and the ethics. Neither Julien Offray de La Mettrie, who in 1758 theorized the figure of the so called Machine man, had advanced the hypothesis that a machine could reproduce the psychic and intellectual abilities of a human being. This hypothesis is affected by some of the unique characteristics of the human species, among which the sensitivity for music.
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spelling doaj.art-4cfd45a216d94d3cb5ea7190b85e3aa32022-12-21T17:31:09ZengUniversity of BolognaBibliothecae.it2280-79342283-93642017-12-016239239710.6092/issn.2283-9364/77076897An early intuition of Heidegger. From the Homme plante to the dilemma of musicAlfredo Serrai0già Sapienza Università di RomaIn 1957 Martin Heidegger highlighted how the computer language could be a poor imitation of the human language. The computer, infact, can reproduce only the logical and mathematical skills of the human mind, not the feelings and the ethics. Neither Julien Offray de La Mettrie, who in 1758 theorized the figure of the so called Machine man, had advanced the hypothesis that a machine could reproduce the psychic and intellectual abilities of a human being. This hypothesis is affected by some of the unique characteristics of the human species, among which the sensitivity for music.https://bibliothecae.unibo.it/article/view/7707Martin HeideggerJulien Offray de La MettrieIlluminismoInformaticaMusica
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An early intuition of Heidegger. From the Homme plante to the dilemma of music
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Martin Heidegger
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Illuminismo
Informatica
Musica
title An early intuition of Heidegger. From the Homme plante to the dilemma of music
title_full An early intuition of Heidegger. From the Homme plante to the dilemma of music
title_fullStr An early intuition of Heidegger. From the Homme plante to the dilemma of music
title_full_unstemmed An early intuition of Heidegger. From the Homme plante to the dilemma of music
title_short An early intuition of Heidegger. From the Homme plante to the dilemma of music
title_sort early intuition of heidegger from the homme plante to the dilemma of music
topic Martin Heidegger
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Illuminismo
Informatica
Musica
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