If they have memory, they can learn, and therefore they can be in a sense programmed through conditioning. So, do they have memory? Is memory a proper...
It would need the information the concept of cupness holds - or, some of that information. It doesn't need to compose all this knowledge into this abs...
Maybe so, but it's also the cause of joy and well-being, the positive feelings, which also with the negative feelings cause and allow the existence of...
Is the converse true? I think a robot works, although in a simplified way, like a human, making it possible for it to replicate the actions of conscio...
I wonder how Descartes would react to Siri :D anyway, I don't think the Turing test is a good method for detecting thinking process. A robot, or a zom...
So why isn't self-awareness needed for joy then? I'm eating, I'm relaxed, I'm in the company of my loved ones are all expressions of self-awareness ju...
It's also incorrect as it does not describe what the term "consciousness" refers to. As I stated, purposeful-responsiveness doesn't imply consciousnes...
No, it does those things through causality causing it to do those things. Doing those things does not imply consciousness being involved. Where is the...
More of "y should (appear to) be x". Sure the zombie would not have self-awareness in the sense that it wouldn't exactly have any knowledge at all, al...
I could agree with either that self-awareness isn't required for neither joy nor sorrow, or that non-human animals have enough self-awareness to be ca...
I'm aware, but to be used as a thought experiment, the concept should make sense. Furthermore, although the term isn't used in that context, when a sc...
Good question, as a thought experiment I think one could think of a conscious being losing their consciousness, thus having knowledge of the nature of...
I don't see how the opposite is possible. How would a theist believe we are in a simulation? Why would someone make a simulation work seemingly fully ...
The economy only has an instrumental value. If the economic net gain also resulted in net gain in the happiness of people, slavery would then be moral...
You've got it backwards. We don't use belief. That statement is a belief. That doesn't answer anything. That explanation is a usage of belief, not its...
Depends on the case. Could be anything. Well-being, happiness, money, health, etc. etc. But the distribution of money isn't equal. I see how the outco...
It doesn't matter. You're the one experiencing the thought, and that's the relevant part. You can prove the existence of the experience to yourself by...
No, it's merely a means to an end, the end being the benefit, not the equality itself. If you could give 1€ to two poor people each, or 5€ for one of ...
How would it not be? The question would be about evaluating one's own life against another sentient being's. Is deciding who lives and who dies not a ...
You're free to believe whatever action is morally right but don't assume everyone agrees with you, or is grateful of your actions. I don't see the con...
True, I'll rephrase that as "demanding justice for the sake of it". No, I base it on intended results, which in that example happened to be the same a...
The question can be rephrased as "for any given colour, do you believe it is that colour or not?". Whether the options are binary is not relevant, you...
No. His work resulted in net gain. I would use neither of those definitions. I'd maybe define mercy as an act or decision of not punishing (even if th...
No, the reason for a is not specified in the example, although iirc, the example was given of the employer telling Smith that they're going to hire Jo...
In Gettier's original example, a person called Smith is applying for a job. Another person, Jones, whom is known to have 10 coins in his pocket, is ap...
Oh ffs not this again, it has been made clear what OP meant and that you're for some reason blatantly misinterpreting what has been said. So now you c...
I'm not sure whether you're saying that they do have consciousness or there was a misunderstanding, but I said "unless". Now if the former is the case...
Not correct, unless you claim bacteria,plants, individual cells have consciousness. You're just describing it by attributing the property of not being...
Because the only rational reason to demand for justice is the fear of being the one that is in the worse situation. If one wants altruistic good, they...
For that belief to exist one would have to exist to believe it. Similarly in Descartes' argument, it's not the cause of the thought that is relevant. ...
There's always a possibility of being wrong, so can you claim that your belief is justified if that claim isn't justified? Then you couldn't make that...
I'd say that depends on the situation, there are some specific cases of individual holding infallible knowledge. Generally speaking I see what you mea...
Not always: one can always know their own existence. Mathematics and logic can also be argued on. I also think the context matters, as some informatio...
Being reasonable isn't the same thing as having reasons. Earlier you agreed though that in the medieval times it was reasonable with the given evidenc...
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