Combining Philosophers
Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Noam Chomsky and Ned Block
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / b. Turing Machines
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Simple machine-functionalism says mind just is a Turing machine [Block]
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A Turing machine, given a state and input, specifies an output and the next state [Block]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / c. Turing Test
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A fast machine could pass all behavioural tests with a vast lookup table [Block, by Rey]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
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Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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Abstracted objects are not mental creations, but depend on equivalence between given entities [Hale/Wright]
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One first-order abstraction principle is Frege's definition of 'direction' in terms of parallel lines [Hale/Wright]
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Abstractionism needs existential commitment and uniform truth-conditions [Hale/Wright]
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Equivalence abstraction refers to objects otherwise beyond our grasp [Hale/Wright]
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