Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Archimedes, Alan Turing and Gabriel M.A. Segal
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16 ideas
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology
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Folk psychology is ridiculously dualist in its assumptions [Segal]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / b. Turing Machines
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Turing showed that logical rules can be specified computationally and mechanically [Turing, by Rey]
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The Turing Machine is the best idea yet about how the mind works [Fodor on Turing]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / c. Turing Test
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In 50 years computers will successfully imitate humans with a 70% success rate [Turing]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 5. Twin Earth
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Humans are made of H2O, so 'twins' aren't actually feasible [Segal]
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Externalists can't assume old words refer to modern natural kinds [Segal]
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If 'water' has narrow content, it refers to both H2O and XYZ [Segal]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content
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Maybe experts fix content, not ordinary users [Segal]
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Concepts can survive a big change in extension [Segal]
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Must we relate to some diamonds to understand them? [Segal]
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Maybe content involves relations to a language community [Segal]
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Externalism can't explain concepts that have no reference [Segal]
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If content is external, so are beliefs and desires [Segal]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 7. Narrow Content
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If content is narrow, my perfect twin shares my concepts [Segal]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 10. Causal Semantics
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If thoughts ARE causal, we can't explain how they cause things [Segal]
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Even 'mass' cannot be defined in causal terms [Segal]
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