Wouldn't you say that the problem with the 'big bang' theory is Parmenidian? How did all of this matter come into existence from nothing? We start to ...
Searle says that humans have the unique ability of being able to lie, some animals can deceive but cannot lie. I am not sure if I understand properly ...
The ability to form a semantic conception from syntactic actions must be the measure for intelligence / awareness / consciousness. Sheep have some int...
Obviously the literal reading is no more but has the deeper problem of 'being' actually been understood or are we just much better at 'explaining it a...
Searle already answered this question. Even if the robot can seemingly 'display' consciousness, it only a syntactic display of consciousness lacking a...
We first need to recognize the human brain / mind as the crowning achievement of evolution / creation / the universe as we know it so far. To fully un...
I think that with all of our modern technological advances, the fact that we are no closer than Descartes to having the answer might mean that we are ...
"But the nature of intelligence and that of consciousness are surely different questions, as there are conscious organisms that are unintelligent." It...
I think that the whole subject is being approached from the wrong direction. I think that the metaphysical question that must be first answered is 'wh...
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