Philosophy of mind

Kelly Neuroth’s oral presentation discussing Artificial Intelligence in Power Systems was very effective in its delivery. While shorter than expected, the discussion efficiently introduced how artificial intelligence is being used in high output power plants to detect cracks. He then explained neural networks and how computers can be trained with photos of cracks, scratches and other defects. Using these photos, the neural network learns to tell the difference between cracks and not cracks.…

My personal definition of self-sabotage is an individual who is too hard on themselves or negative about what they can do. An example of this is when a person has a job interview but before even trying has already accepted that they have no chance or won’t get it. They tell themselves that they aren’t qualified enough, which limits their full potential. Their negative attitude sets the mood of the interview and they most likely won’t get the job due to it. Nonjudgmental listening is extremely…

What is a profound experience? Profound also is known as pro-fundas or “favorable base of origin” when translated from Latin. experience has the Latin stem of experiēns meaning past principle. So in my experience the most noticeable past principle I learned from my base if origin was to cherish what you have. but whats better the conclusion or the story? the story i have to tell is in the mid spring of 2011. Our spring started with a delightfull trip too new orleans where we ate baguets, saw…

In “ Is the Brain’s Mind a Computer Program, “ John R. Searle presents an interesting argument against strong artificial intelligence proponents. Believers of strong artificial intelligence contend that a computer that can pass the Turing test is displaying cognitive ability. The…

such as if “squiggle” then “squiggle”. These squiggles are actually Chinese letters. But it is clear that the man does not understand or can even write Chinese, he is just following a set of instructions. It refutes that the computational theory of mind is true because it shows that we don’t need to understand something in order to carry out a task- a computation is different from understanding. He explains that even if there’s…

think about what they going do ,what are they going use, and how they are going to do it. But there is a state in which humans can enter that makes a person be one with the task. In order to enter this state the person 's mind and body have to be in complete synchronization. The mind is separate from the body , yet when they both want the same thing a person enters a state in which nothing else matters but the task at hand. There are very few people that can achieve this state, but those who do…

“Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror” by John Ashbery is a work of convoluted reflections engaging Renaissance painter Parmigiano, his painting “Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror”, Ashbery himself, and the soul. The poem’s source of inspiration is a physical piece of art, suggesting the poem belongs in the ekphrasis tradition. Immediate tension arises as the painting and the poem belong to vastly different traditions. The technique of ekphrasis in a postmodern tradition has challenged scholars as it…

I found that this chapter really made a connection with the kind of person I am and how I think. It is something that I already knew in a way but put into words. The self is extremely important and I find it to be a major part when being involved with interpersonal communication. There must be a certain balance in a conversation that uses this interpersonal rhetoric and having a high self esteem always improves the situation immensely. The chapter was very descriptive but I found the last…

One of the main points of the Knowledge Argument is that one can have all of the physical information without having all of the information there is to have. Frank Jackson believes that this applies to any of the senses, such as sight, “taste, hearing, the bodily sensations and generally speaking for the various mental states which are said to have (as it is variously put) raw feels, phenomenal features or qualia” (130). To support this argument he gave examples of a man named Fred who could see…

The mind-body issue is the issue of clarifying how our mental states, occasions also, forms—like convictions, activities and deduction—are identified with the physical states, occasions and procedures in our bodies. An issue of the shape, 'how is An identified with B? ' does not independent from anyone else represent a philosophical issue. To posture such an issue, there needs to be something about An and B which makes the connection between them appear dangerous. Numerous elements of brain and…