Don Wade

"It's starting to sound like this little intraversable rabbit hole is going to require a fair bit of camouflage to disguise the nature of its many con...

"What point of logic are we attempting to advance here?" Thank you! That is exactly what I was attempting to advance. Typically, our vision is very my...

"So it's really a matter of how you define the boundaries of an object." Speaking in generalities, I don't believe the boundaries of objects influence...

Me too!

I really like this post Jack. It gives a short summary of how our "knowledge" is aligned to our emotion - not just our senses.

It was quoted from the article.

Thanks for the note.

You're right. Perception of reality is often just spoken of as reality, but thinking about it I believe you're closer to being right.

Vaugueness and Lazyness are both properties that can support philosopher.

Is a vague philosopher a lazy philosopher?

Yes, that would define the problem. The same could be true of the Turing Test. It seems "statistics and probability" would be a requirement for the me...

We agree. However, one can be in search of a "vague" concept/idea - and not necessarily have a clear definition.

We agree. Now, back to my original post: Can we build a computer that may "seem" to be philosophical? That is; it could fool a board of judges. Please...

Searching for truth is not the same as defining truth. How can one search for something they can't define?

I believe a good philosophical computer would first need to be a good psychologist. It is important to know the probability of someone accepting your ...

There can be no philosophy if the definition of philosophy is not itself an issue for philosophy. I believe we could say the same about "truth". How w...

Good points, but it seems you are looking at a "scientific method" of examining the discussion. Using your discussion: In philosophy a heavy object wi...

A lazy philosopher can still be a philosopher!

Good point!

Good points! Ambiguity is part of philosophy. That's what seperates it from science. A pjilosophical computer would realize that and make use of it in...

A point of view may at first sound like a contradiction with another point of view. That in itself is part of philosophy until alignments can be made ...

A play on words?

I don't see a philosophical computer as a hoax. Not sure I know what you mean otherwise.

Thanks for the post. Nope, not what I was looking for but still a good article. I believe computers can mimic philosophers good enough to pass a test ...

That I find is a very good question! Can any question be answered by just yes, or no. Maybe! Computers seem to do that very well.

I also appologize if I seem to be critical of your coments. Being critical is not my intent. I was pointing out the difficulty of communicating ideas ...

I appreciate your efforts. We communicate with each other in both generalities, and in specifics, but often we are unaware of which one each of us are...

After reading the posts on this thread, I believe we first need to agree on some specifics of what is meant by "Truly new and original ideas".

A good point. Our language dosn't always cover details. We speak in generalities and believe the other person will understand the details. Your exampl...

Interesting perspective! "People storing information". Is information stored in people, or in the peoples brain? I would say it comes down to an indiv...

It is difficult, probably impossible, for humans to "come up with" a truly unique idea as you describe. Our minds build ideas on old foundations. We c...

Thanks for your response Jack. In the space available for comments it is difficult to give enough clues to allow someone not already familiar with lev...

It seems to me, in order to have an original idea we must first create new foundations. Generally, we start building our foundations for thinking very...

Instead of Quantum Mechanics, let's use the term Emergent Properties. Quantum Mechanics defines the existence of elementary particles by defining thes...