Skepticism revisited: Chalmers on The Matrix and brains-in-vats
| Autor: | Richard Hanley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cognitive science
Thought experiment Cognitive Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Matrix (music) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 06 humanities and the arts Brain in a vat 0603 philosophy ethics and religion 050105 experimental psychology Epistemology Artificial Intelligence 060302 philosophy 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Meaning (existential) Psychology Software Natural language Skepticism media_common |
| Zdroj: | Cognitive Systems Research. 41:93-98 |
| ISSN: | 1389-0417 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.07.003 |
| Popis: | Thought experiments involving The Matrix, brains-in-vats, or Cartesian demons have traditionally thought to describe skeptical possibilities. Chalmers has denied this, claiming that the simulations involved are real enough to at least sometimes defeat the skeptic. Through an examination of the meaning of kind terms in natural language I argue that, though the Chalmers view may be otherwise attractive, it is not an antidote to skepticism. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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