Artificial consciousness

is dependent on the concept of a game”. What Strawson is saying is that the mind will not be able to have a conscious without the senses of a living human being as he explains when he stated, “the anti-Cartesian holds, the concept of a mind or consciousness is dependent on the concept of a living person” (30). Without our sense perceptions, you are left with nothing for your mind to think about. In Descartes, ‘Second Meditation: Of the Nature of the Human Mind …’ he believes with the loss of…

From the beginning of recorded history, speeches have a tendency to be influential as they connect with their audience and illicit a specific thought or emotion. Continuing this custom, writer David Foster Wallace delivered his compelling commencement speech aptly titled, “Commencement Speech,” to an audience of students at Kenyon College in 2005. His purpose is to make the audience aware of our ‘default-setting’ of thinking. His ability to connect with his audience via word choice and the…

scenes. Using this foundation, the psychoanalytic lens is commonly used to analyze how a character 's actions are influenced by his or her previous actions in the book, and interactions with other characters. Dr. De Sousa in Freudian Theory and Consciousness: A Conceptual Analysis, “Unconsciousness may be perceived as entirely composed of, or at least as including some ideas that were not originally conscious but that could become conscious.” This means that unconscious thought can first come up…

What is personal identity? What is the “self”? There is a great debate that surrounds this subject in philosophy. So, which philosopher has the right idea? Is it David Hume with his theory of impressions? Or is it John Locke with his theory of consciousness? Both men are famous for their views on the matter, and both pose very interesting ideas. On the surface their views seem quite similar, both men believed our experiences shape us. However, Locke believes that our experiences are what embody…

Communication can often be difficult enough when dealing with people face-to-face, but the introduction of digital communication has created a new set of rules and issues to be dealt with that were not previously needed. Not having been born into this new technology, there were rules and protocols that I had never thought of or been exposed to. This paper will reflect the areas in which I need improvement, and my action plan to be a more successful communicator. In a professional setting, I…

So far through my high school career I have struggled to really find myself. I have struggled at times to make the right decision, my relationship with my mom hasn’t always been the best because of it. I felt alone and unhappy most of the time and I looked for things that made me feel better. My sister and I argued all the time and I didn’t understand her. I didn’t understand how to cope with the decisions my dad has made with his own life and how they have affected mine. Psychology has opened…

Self Identity in Society Today, Americans tend to look inside themselves to find some basis of identity. People tend to look internally and ask themselves whether something “feels right” as their basis for making good decisions or ask themselves, “how did I do?” Their personal identity is wrapped up in their place in society and how well they interact and communicate with other people. In Fleming’s chapter “Piaget on Moral Development”, Piaget 's studied children in different age groups and…

Groups are a vital aspect of life and especially business. They are “the building blocks of communities of practice” (Komives 346). Without groups how could any business operate? People are encountered with groups almost every day. A variety of groups exist, but are they functioning properly? Chapter eight of Exploring Leadership by Komives evaluates these groups. The main points discussed was understanding groups, how they develop, and how to deal with conflict within groups. There are many…

In this paper, I will be arguing the meaning of a pragmatic paradox, Husserl’s theory of time-consciousness, whether there are a pragmatic paradoxes in the view of time and in the statement “I do not exist”. The relation of time has repercussion on how we understand how a conscious mind works. I will argue that there is no pragmatic paradox with the idea of time as the current model of physics proves time does not flow; however, there is a pragmatic paradox with the statement “I do not exist”,…

Every day we are subjected to so many different forms of media and advertising. When we view so many forms of information it makes us wonder how much we actually take in and realize we take in. Subliminal advertising, a form of subliminal messages to sell a product or service, is an effective way to persuade individuals to receive underlying messages from companies. There are two types of subliminal stimuli, auditory and visual, which can reach an individual below their conscious mind. Means to…