Cognitive science

It has become common today to dismiss the idea that the internet is diminishing our train of thought. In discussions of the internet, one controversial issue has been about how the internet affects how we learn, think and even how we act. On the one hand, critics like Kevin Kelly would agree that it simply gives us information faster without the delay of reading. On the other hand, Nicholas Carr, Marshall McLuhan, and Stanley Kubrick would contend that it is making us simple minded. Although I…

The argument employed in Reading and Thought by Dwight MacDonald is an attack on the new culture of writing embedded into Time magazine. MacDonald goes on to describe the writing to be largely “massed” with many topics, however, these topics simply serve as an outlet to fulfill your curiosity with no other true function. He also goes on to state that the majority of the writing is useless because it does not cause action to be stirred up in a reader to cause them to “make more money, take some…

Education should aim to emphasis the freedom of the learner to explore different ways of developing their uniqueness and lead them to a greater understanding of themselves. In my personal philosophy of education, I believe that an individual should be learning in all aspects of life and therefore education should aim to provide direction for them to think critical and have self-knowledge. I believe that if individuals are equipped with the type of knowledge which allows them to think about…

The cause of failure and fear in our life is due to lack of confidence. When we loose our confidence, we can’t control our emotion and we afraid for making something wrong. There are many merit that we can obtain from boosting our self confidence which is one of the strongest pillar of success. Keeping ourselves nice and pretty helps us boost our confidence. If we are confidence we can perform better and will be street out. Having a confidence means self believe and increase the faith on…

In “Can Computers Think?” John Searle claims that by definition, computers cannot think, nor will they ever, no matter how much technology manages to advance in the future. Searle defends his claim by providing an outline and an interesting thought experiment. His work begins by simply introducing the prevailing views concerning artificial intelligence during the time period. Many individuals thought of human brains and digital computers as analogous due to something known as the Turing Test.…

After reflecting back on your presentation there were a few things that stuck in my mind. The first one was when you asked our class to say why we were here, there was another question (not on the recording), and wrote them on the chalk board. The reason I think it stuck in my mind was because of how you were able to relate your presentation back to those words and why they were important. Despite our answers they were able to relate to your story in one way or another. One of the words was…

Awareness and understanding of one’s own thinking process can provide vast advantages for every student 's learning. This high order thinking which involves active control over the cognitive processes engaged in learning was given the label “Metacognition” by an American Developmental Psychologist known as John Flavell (Baker, 2009). Research supports the notion that metacognition when improved can result in increased learning and academic achievement of students (Fouche & Lamport, 2011). In…

Inga’s cognitive process takes place inside of her brain. Otto’s cognitive process includes phenomena external to his physical body. Specifically, it includes a notebook. Clark and Chalmers argue that, though the mental cognition of Inga and Otto differ in various ways, the function between the two is the same. Given that function defines mental cognition, and since the function between the cognitive processes of Inga and Otto are the same, Clark and Chalmers believe Inga and Otto’s cognitive…

There are several key topics that were discussed in this paper. One of the topics is scientific evidence and its impact on the idea of dualism. This topic is focused on a lot, because there is supposedly scientific evidence that discounts the concept of dualism. However, Evans does not necessarily agree with this idea. The second major topic that is discussed in this article is the concept of non-reductive materialism and its relation to dualism. Scientific Evidence and Dualism…

The progressive movement of Artificial intelligence is the notion that presents the structure of how the mind works, all which originate from the concept of GOFAI. Yet the evolution of GOFAI, has become an unsatisfactory portrayal of human intelligence, because GOFAI demonstrates itself to be limited as a symbolic manipulator. Consequently, GOFAI has become an unsatisfactory demonstration of intelligence, because it lacks the important concept of epistemology. For GOFAI doesn 't create opinions,…