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'Elements of Mind', 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind' and 'Law, Pragmatism and Democracy'
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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 / 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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The Twin Earth argument depends on reference being determined by content, which may be false. [Crane]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content
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Broad content entails the existence of the object of the thought [Crane]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 8. Intension
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In intensional contexts, truth depends on how extensions are conceived. [Crane]
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