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'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Folk Psychology' and 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind'
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought
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Some behaviourists believe thought is just suppressed speech [Lowe]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology
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If folk psychology gives a network of causal laws, that fits neatly with functionalism [Churchland,PM]
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Folk psychology never makes any progress, and is marginalised by modern science [Churchland,PM]
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Many mental phenomena are totally unexplained by folk psychology [Churchland,PM]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
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People are wildly inaccurate in estimating probabilities about an observed event [Lowe]
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'Base rate neglect' makes people favour the evidence over its background [Lowe]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / a. Artificial Intelligence
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The 'Frame Problem' is how to program the appropriate application of general knowledge [Lowe]
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Computers can't be rational, because they lack motivation and curiosity [Lowe]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / c. Turing Test
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The Turing test is too behaviourist, and too verbal in its methods [Lowe]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
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The naturalistic views of how content is created are the causal theory and the teleological theory [Lowe]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 5. Twin Earth
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Twin Earth cases imply that even beliefs about kinds of stuff are indexical [Lowe]
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