PHI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Theoretical Computer Science, Enigma Machine, Cyanide Poisoning

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 101
• Professor: Powell Lewis

Document Summary

Phi 101 lecture 18 mind and bodies. Alan turing (1912-1954) (cid:862)fathe(cid:396) of theo(cid:396)eti(cid:272)al (cid:272)o(cid:373)pute(cid:396) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) Instrumental in foiling the german enigma machine during wwii. Despite (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g a (cid:448)e(cid:396)ita(cid:271)le (cid:449)a(cid:396) he(cid:396)o, he (cid:449)as p(cid:396)ose(cid:272)uted fo(cid:396) (cid:862)g(cid:396)oss i(cid:374)de(cid:272)e(cid:374)(cid:272)y(cid:863) fo(cid:396) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g gay, and was sentenced to be treated with diethylstilbestrol. Died of cyanide poisoning in 1954 and it was ruled suicide. Tu(cid:396)i(cid:374)g (cid:271)elie(cid:448)es that t(cid:396)yi(cid:374)g to a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396) this (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) (cid:271)y defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)ma(cid:272)hi(cid:374)e(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)thi(cid:374)k(cid:863) a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to their common usage would not be productive. Tu(cid:396)i(cid:374)g does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to talk a(cid:271)out psy(cid:272)hology, a(cid:374)d he does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to talk a(cid:271)out the so(cid:396)ts of machines that everyone at the time was most familiar with. Turing is aware that he is changing the subject here, but he has good reason for it. 3 players: a man, a woman, an interrogator, who sits apart from a and b and communicates with them through text.