Machines and Animals

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A Levels Philosophy (Personhood) Mind Map on Machines and Animals, created by rlshindmarsh on 07/05/2013.
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Machines and Animals
  1. Philosophers
    1. Ned Block
      1. absenence of qualia
        1. against the possibility of either Strong or Weak AI
      2. Turing
        1. If a computer could convincingly imitate a person to another person it must be considered a person
        2. Searle
          1. absence of intentionality - against Strong AI
          2. Colby
            1. Dennet
              1. PARRY test is restricted ethically, as psychologists could not put pressure on the computer they thought was paranoid, if they had it would have been exposed
              2. PARRY test
            2. Philosophers
              1. Singer
                1. Speciesism
                  1. the ability to feel pain puts them on the same moral plane as us, and we should give them certain rights accordingly
                2. Gaita
                  1. ability to adapt to situations tactically, the parrot
                  2. Hume
                    1. The experiences of animals form the 'foundation of their judgement.'
                      1. they feel similar emotions to us, 'the howling and lamentatIons of a dog produce a sensible concern in his fellows'
                      2. Wittgenstein
                        1. 'if a lion could speak we could not understand him'
                        2. Gallup
                          1. Self awareness
                            1. mirror spot test - worked on chimps but not on monkeys
                          2. Chomsky
                            1. because of animals' lack of language it is incapable of complex reasoning
                            2. Davidson
                              1. lack of language - incapable of having beliefs or desires
                              2. Descartes
                                1. animal lack a 'rational soul'
                                  1. however they can be trained to control certain passions as humans can
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