On Searle / William Hirstein.
Material type:
TextPublication details: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2001.Description: 82 p. 22 cmISBN: - 534576265
- B 1649.S264 .H618 2001
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference
|
Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference | B 1649.S264 .H618 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3AEA2013001308 |
Browsing Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center shelves, Shelving location: Reference Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
| No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | No cover image available | ||
| B 1647.M74 .Od25 2001 On Moore / | B 1649.P64 .N849 2003 On Popper / | B 1649.R94 .Od25 2000 On Russell / | B 1649.S264 .H618 2001 On Searle / | B 1674.W354 .R720 2002 On Whitehead / | B 1875 .Od52 2001 Descartes : a beginner's guide / | B 1875 .T383 2000 On Descartes / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [81]-82).
Centers on the Chinese Room argument which is an argument against the possibility of true artificial intelligence. The argument centers on a thought experiment in which someone who knows only English sits alone in a room following English instructions for manipulating strings of Chinese characters, such that those outside the room it appears as if someone in the room understands Chinese. The argument is intended to show that while suitably programmed computers may appear to converse in natural language, they are not capable of understanding language even in principle. The philosopher argues that the though experiment underscores the fact that computers merely use syntactic rules to manipulate symbol strings , but have no understanding of meaning or semantics.
There are no comments on this title.
