Cognitive science

There is a place where everything is possible, where the wildest dream dwelt, and where all desires begin. This place of limitless potential resides closer than a lot of people thinks, but at times, we get totally blinded by the fast pace of a crazy world full of advice about how to live our own lives. If we consciously or unconsciously decided to follow this hectic rhythm of life, we may ending losing our capacity to find this wonderful place. Even though we may lose our way to this paradise at…

1. Introduction Can Artificial Intelligence(AI) be conscious? This paper explores the possibility of consciousness in Artificial Intelligence by considering various positions from neuroscience, computer science and philosophy. 1.1 Consciousness in AI Artificial Intelligence refers to a machine or a program that is a flexible rational agent that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal. Searle argued that a conscious AI, or “Strong AI”, has a…

questions and placed his view and response into these different psychological questions. These question, generally pertained to mechanism vs. vitalism, empiricism vs. nativism, and the relationship between nonhuman and human animals. Helmholtz used science and different sources of examples to clearly depict his belief on these different topics. Each theorist in the 19th…

The Earthly Use and Liberal Education Per Giamatti in the short story, “The Early use of Liberal Education”, Liberal Arts has nothing to do with the pollical definition of liberal and is not an education in preparation for a profession. Throughout the short story the author makes arguments as to why Liberal Arts is practical. The author states that one should “free the mind”. I implored my own personal goals along with Giamatti’s definition of education to discover new educational studies.…

In this paper I will argue that the thought experiment that Bernard Williams presents us is actually meant to show us that the psychological continuity criterion is flawed. The flaw presented is shown through the reaction of fear when someone is told they will be tortured and even if you break the psychological continuity of a person through the examples shown of memory loss, the gain of new memories, and body swap. The experiments show that the person will continue to see him/herself as the…

Kant’s thoughts do apply today because we as college students face the challenge of learning to think for ourselves despite the self-imposed obstacles and the authorities that compel us to remain ignorant or self-assured in one way of thinking. Also, as students with the opportunity to learn and enlighten ourselves, we must promote a society where the freedom to rationalize and learn is protected and available. Many self-imposed distractions threaten our learning at college as well other…

Words, sounds and images trigger our thoughts and emotions. We create worlds within our mind when we feel both negative and positive feelings. Sometimes, we don’t have to feel anything to become lost in our thoughts. To be honest, I would fall in and out of my thoughts as if I walked into another room without knowing. For example, if I were to listen to some slow sad music my mind will create a scenario no wait, it’ll be more like my mind would create the climax of a movie scene where the main…

There are numerous factors that pour into a well-functioned society, and as we find ourselves in our modern day world we start off each day wondering where the time will take us next and what will lead us in the right direction. Our entire world is built off leadership and the ability to lead within each other in order to find the greater good. But its what lies within each leader that defines their ability to be successful in the real world in terms of governance. This paper will demonstrate…

AI: Machine Learning By Taha Shakeel, B12101132 [1]Artificial Intelligence is a part of computer science. We can define it as something other than ourselves example a machine, depicting intelligence. The word intelligence is vague and does not provide with a solid explanation as to what is intelligence. It can be summed up to say a computational model displaying rationality, human like behavior. It can also be thought of as “The extension of human intelligence through the use of computers, as in…

Essay Analysis Review Identify the lead with which Bruce opens his essay and explains its effectiveness. Harry bruce begins his essay with a comparison between labour day and a “sniff of the woods or a glimpse of the sea”. This comparison using a simile is made between two opposite extremes implying that labour day was the last glimpse of something good before being locked away. This gets a story, or in this case, the essay going and helps you imagine the true meaning of labour day in the eyes…