COGS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Type Physicalism, Dualism, Alfred Von Wurzbach
16 Apr 2018
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What are best ways to represent knowledge. Mind design - of course, natural intelligence, esp. Think star trek: should systems act rationally like spock, or try to duplicate all intricacies of human psych. Reason to aim for rationality: humans fall short of perfect rationality. End up with as. instead of ai. Another reason: humans too complex and inscrutable. Analytic method of approaching philosophical problems thru analysis of terms. Phenomenological broad discipline and method of inquiry in phil. The analysis of terms, to solve philosophical problems, is the analytic form of philosophy. The idea that reality consists of the perception of objects and events in human consciousness. Phenomenological = inquiry of philosophy, where reality of objects and events is based on how we perceive them. Analytical = the method of solving, or approaching philosophical problems through hte analysis of terms. Phenomenological = how humans perceive reality, through processing events and objects.
