Essays Tagged: "Searle"

Mind and Machine, an essay on A.I

unlikely that we will ever converse or interract with a machine of artificial consciousness.In John Searle's collection of lectures, Minds, Brains and Science, arguments centering around the mind-body ... sonable person that there is no way science will ever unravel the mysteries of consciousness.Key to Searle's analysis of consciousness in the context of Artificial Intelligence machines are refutation ...

(9 pages) 433 0 3.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

Comparative Analysis of Austin & Searle's Speech Act Theories

that is to perform actions (Thomas, 1995: 28-31). This is the core element of his theory.Although, Searle accepts that the speech act is both meaningful and has conventional force, he analyses the di ... ional force, he analyses the dimensions of the speech act differently. The major difference is that Searle is postulating a propositional act which is subdivided into a reference act and an act of pre ...

(13 pages) 135 0 4.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics

A Philosophical Essay Arguing Against the Theories Presented in "The Turing Test" of Artificial Intelligence.

pass "The Turing Test" it's understanding of the issues being posed to it are non-existent, is John Searle's "Chinese Room Experiment". Searle quite effectively argues that a computer can pass the "Th ... the computer is simply obeying a set of commands without an understanding of what they mean.One of Searle's key arguments refuting the "Turing Test" theory is his claim that "Brains cause minds", whi ...

(4 pages) 176 0 3.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

Humanoid Robots: Can they be concidered conscious, human, and deserve rights as humans do?

. For that reason, the machine can perform similarly to humans in thought, understanding and reason.Searle's reply to my argument, that consciousness lies within a beings understanding and awareness o ... ese symbols to another set of symbols, along with rules on how to answer back with Chinese symbols. Searle proposes that after a while the man got so good at following the instructions, that his respo ...

(6 pages) 95 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Searle's Opposition against Strong Artificial Intelligence

Can a machine have cognitive states, therefore becoming sapient, and can think like humans do? John Searle, a philosophy professor at UC Berkeley, opposes that no machine can have a mind, a strong AI ... ng AI (Artificial Intelligence).What is the distinction between a strong to a weak AI? According to Searle, a strong AI is "a computer that is merely not a tool in the study of the mind; rather, the a ...

(5 pages) 147 1 4.8 Feb/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Crude and the wise biblical Story

ealing leprosy.As he was suffering the soldiers of Ram had taken captive an elegant young girl from Searle and she was to serve under Anima's wife as a maid servant. Anima constantly coughed and was a ... arkness.6 days and 7 nights have passed since the day Anima left his village, at last he arrived at Searle. Searle consisted of large magnificent palaces and advanced structures, without any sign of b ...

(4 pages) 12 0 0.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Andrew And The Mind

. He could certainly pass the Turing test as well as overcome the Chinese room problem. He fulfills Searle's criteria that only certain types of machines can think, mainly ones with internal causal po ... t, a man and therefore passed the Turing test. Andrew would also overcome the Chinese room problem. Searle notes that "whatever purely formal principles you put into the computer, they will not be suf ...

(5 pages) 21 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

tter discovered aspartame accidentally. After his discovery the company Schlatter worked for , G.D. Searle , conducted safety tests and fought for permission to market their new discovery in 1973. In ...

(7 pages) 40 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Affecting Change in Business

Argyle works closely and directly with the Logistics and Marketing managers, Brian Kervor and Adam Searle. Together, theses three make up the driving force of authority at S & F Online and have t ... erested in the technology of the web development team (University of Phoenix Simulation, 2009).Adam Searle is the highly skilled Marketing Manager. He oversees S & F Online interests and represent ...

(8 pages) 279 0 0.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Affecting Change

Argyle works closely and directly with the Logistics and Marketing managers, Brian Kervor and Adam Searle. Together, theses three make up the driving force of authority at S & F Online and have t ... erested in the technology of the web development team (University of Phoenix Simulation, 2009).Adam Searle is the highly skilled Marketing Manager. He oversees S & F Online interests and represent ...

(8 pages) 140 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Affecting Change

/Project Manager, James William Argyle, and Logistics and Marketing Manager, Brian Kervor, and Adam Searle. These three individuals make up the driving force of authority at S&F Online and moreove ... has a mind for numbers and is interested in the technology of the web development team. As for Adam Searle, he is a highly skilled Marketing Manager that oversees S&F Online interests and represen ...

(7 pages) 71 1 5.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Could a Robot Possess Genuine Understanding and Intelligence? Discuss with Relation to Searle’s Chinese Room Thought Experiment.

i 1047 words Could a robot possess genuine understanding and intelligence? Discuss with relation to Searle's Chinese room thought experiment.In the contemporary age, as computing technology has advanc ... ll one day possess genuine intelligence or a mind like that of a human's. I will bring forward John Searle's Chinese room thought experiment, which sets out to prove a computer may be able to pass the ...

(4 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2011

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy