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| Define logical behaviorism |
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| The view that mental states are identical to complex behavioral states. |
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| Define Dispositional Property |
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| People respond to whatever situation they may be in. i.e pain, a person will often complain and look for aspirin |
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| What are some problems with the Dispositional Property? |
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| One could be a perfect faker or a stoic |
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| Non reductive materialism is the same as... |
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| Define Non reductive materialism |
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| Brain states supervene on mental states and they are of the same substance. However mental states cannot be reduced to brain states. |
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| Reductive Materialism can be defined as |
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| Mental states exist only in so far as they can be reduced to physical brain states |
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| What is the Identity Theory? |
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| The view that mental states and brain states are numerically identical. |
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| Type identity theory / instance identity theory |
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| Types of brain states = types of mental states / Types of brain instances = types of mental instances |
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| Who wrote about The Martian Pain Objection? |
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| In short what is the Martian Pain objection? |
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| Pain is not equal to C Fibers firing because the Martian may be in pain but not have C Fibers. So they cannot be equivalent. |
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| The view that only physical objects exist |
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| The idea that mental states are identical to complex functional states. |
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| What are functional states? |
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| Internal causal states that can best be described as input output or cause and effect |
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| AI can simulate any human behavior that can be described algorithmically |
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| Machines are actually capable of conscious thought |
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| What is an objection to the Strong AI Theory? |
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| Absent qualia (subjective feelings) |
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| Lycan's Machine Consciousness is... |
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| Since mental states are functional states it is in principle possible for a machine to be conscious and morally responsible. |
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| Android capable of simulating complex human behavior |
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| Human being who had all her part switched out to become entirely synthetic. |
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| Objections to Lycan;s Machine Consciousness? |
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1. Free Will Objection
2. The qualia objection |
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| States that are described in terms of how it feels like |
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| Nagel's Bat Argument is attempting to make ___________ implausible. |
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| According to Nagel a being has mental states (or consciousness) if _____________. |
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| There is something that it is like to be that being (phenomenal states). |
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