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Tok 1
Gilbert Ryle - Behaviorism
 Mental states are identical to
  behavior.
 Zombies do not have mental states
 Zombies have behavior
 Zombies can’t exist, according to
  behaviorism
Functionalism
 Includes the explanation of
  behaviorism
 There is a connection between
  mental states and behavior
 What’s in between the input and
  output action
 Qualia
The Turing Test
 If a computer can do everything we
  can
 Why not treat it the same way
 It can be considered to have
  consciousness
Chinese Room Experiment
   Someone’s job to live in a room
   Receive chinese characters on paper
    through a slot in the wall
   Follow instructions and write something
    back
   Put it back through the slot
   Does not have any true idea of what it’s
    doing
   Programmed to reply with the correct
    symbol
Thomas Nagel
   ‘Imagine that one has webbing on one’s
    arm, which enables one to fly around at dusk
    and dawn catching insects in one’s mouth; that
    one has very poor vision, and perceives the
    surrounding world by a system of reflected
    high-frequency sound signals; and that one
    spends the day hanging upside down by one’s
    feet in an attic. In so far I can imagine this
    (which is not very far), it tells me only what it
    would be like for me to behave as a bat
    behaves. But that is not the question. I want to
    know what it is like for a bat to be a bat.’
The psychological part
 Emotions affect and influence
  intelligence greatly
 Technology/ artificial intelligence lacks a
  brain
 Technology cannot learn the way we/
  animals can
 Technology cannot create but is created
What Mary didn’t know (Qualia)
   Mary was born into a black and white world
   Grew up only seeing black and white
   She learned everything there was to know
    about colors
   But never experienced it herself
   Scientist brought a tomato into her world
   She experienced it differently
   You won’t ever know everything about
    something without experiencing it
However…

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Tok 1

  • 1. By: Nikki and Dhando
  • 3. Gilbert Ryle - Behaviorism  Mental states are identical to behavior.  Zombies do not have mental states  Zombies have behavior  Zombies can’t exist, according to behaviorism
  • 4. Functionalism  Includes the explanation of behaviorism  There is a connection between mental states and behavior  What’s in between the input and output action  Qualia
  • 5. The Turing Test  If a computer can do everything we can  Why not treat it the same way  It can be considered to have consciousness
  • 6. Chinese Room Experiment  Someone’s job to live in a room  Receive chinese characters on paper through a slot in the wall  Follow instructions and write something back  Put it back through the slot  Does not have any true idea of what it’s doing  Programmed to reply with the correct symbol
  • 7. Thomas Nagel  ‘Imagine that one has webbing on one’s arm, which enables one to fly around at dusk and dawn catching insects in one’s mouth; that one has very poor vision, and perceives the surrounding world by a system of reflected high-frequency sound signals; and that one spends the day hanging upside down by one’s feet in an attic. In so far I can imagine this (which is not very far), it tells me only what it would be like for me to behave as a bat behaves. But that is not the question. I want to know what it is like for a bat to be a bat.’
  • 8. The psychological part  Emotions affect and influence intelligence greatly  Technology/ artificial intelligence lacks a brain  Technology cannot learn the way we/ animals can  Technology cannot create but is created
  • 9. What Mary didn’t know (Qualia)  Mary was born into a black and white world  Grew up only seeing black and white  She learned everything there was to know about colors  But never experienced it herself  Scientist brought a tomato into her world  She experienced it differently  You won’t ever know everything about something without experiencing it