24.09 Minds and Machines, Spring 2007

24.09 Minds and Machines, Spring 2007

This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind. Some of the questions we will discuss include the following. Can computers think? Is the mind an immaterial thing? Or is the mind the brain? Or does the mind stand to the brain as a comp...

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Main Author: Byrne, Alex
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Searle; AI
dualism
behaviorism
identity theory
functionalism
intentionality
externalism
self-knowledge
knowledge argument
chalmer
panprotopsychism
mysterianism
conciousness
rene descartes
mind
brain
causal theory
pain
relief
meaning
individualism
qualia
mind-body problem
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75805

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