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UNIT 6 : PHILOSOPHY OF THE MIND (Rationalism (TYPES & EXPRESSIONS…
UNIT 6 : PHILOSOPHY OF THE MIND
The dispute between Rationalism & Empiricism
Nature of knowledge
Source of knowledge
Limits of knowledge
Rationalism
Definition : The philosophy that knowledge comes from logic & a certain kind of intuition
one of the five theory of language:empiricism, skepticism, science & transcendental idealism
involves deductive reasoning, abstract ways of thinking & analytical reasoning
TYPES & EXPRESSIONS
Psychology of perception
Comparative study of languages
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Regions
Empiricism
Definition : Philosophy doctrine that all knowledge is derived from experience
emerge into 2 form
Materialist
subjective-idealist
dwells on the ground that personal experience provides us information about good & bad
hence, it forms the basis of one's moral understanding
The mind-body problem
problem of explaining the relationship between the mind (mental process) and body (bodily processor brain)
dualism
Rene Descartes reasoned the fact that human soul does not perish with the body & that God exists
Non-physical entity
physical entity
materialist view
only physical entity exist
can be reduced to level of atomic structure
psychophysical parallesism
monads preprogrammed by God to mirror our mental states and action
PHILOSOPHY & NEUROSCIENCE
How do the different disorders affect the patient's consciousness or sense of self
PHILOSOPHY & LINGUISTICS
Our thoughts influence the way we use our language
But the structure of our language can affect our thoughts as well
PHILOSOPHY & AI
Philosophers and AI researchers are proposing that intelligence emerges as the components in humans or in machines interact with each other
MICROROBOT ANTS
embodied intelligence
intelligence demonstrated through specific appropriate BEHAVIOURS
ROBOT INTELLIGENCE:PROJECT KISMET
based on parent-infant interactions
displays emotions through appropriate social expressions