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While I don't believe that there is, as of yet, any AI capable of passing the Turing test, I see no reason why it isn't likely that one will be able t...
March 06, 2024 at 00:26
The whole point of a pzombie is that it behaves identically to a human, it simply doesn't have the inner experience to go along with it. So, the short...
December 21, 2023 at 00:15
It's physically possible for superman to murder and rob from those less fortunate than him (in the marvel world). It's even logically possible. But, i...
December 20, 2023 at 02:49
In his notebooks, Wittgenstein referred to a song as "... A kind of tautology, it is complete in itself; it satisfies itself". This shows that Wittgen...
December 01, 2023 at 02:36
It's difficult because there is a difference between "nonsense" and "senseless" in Wittgenstein. Consider: "Purple vocabulary is very car" Vs "A trian...
November 30, 2023 at 12:52
You've touched on a lot and I can't answer it all concisely especially not in regards to Pears, but I can talk a little about this point and see if it...
November 30, 2023 at 01:00
I'm glad that I could help, even a little! But, for sure; let's think through it together. ??
November 28, 2023 at 15:24
The proposition has no factual content, meaning it tells you nothing about the world or how it could exist. A fact describes a possible state of affai...
November 28, 2023 at 13:45
Tautologies aren't so much "rejected", as they have their place. A statement is a tautology if it's always true. It tells you what's the case in every...
November 28, 2023 at 12:41
A proposition is a statement about the world; it tells you how things are or could be. They have content that describes a possible state of affairs. C...
November 28, 2023 at 03:03
Boltzmann once wrote in his preparatory notes to a series of lecture hes gave at Cambridge regarding a topic that was considered by many scientists to...
November 19, 2023 at 18:55