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Stoker has Game
There are numerous ways to hook a reader in fiction but one of the best ways requires a series of escalating events leading to a final battle. When characters choose to play in games of cat-and-mouse they become more compelling to the reader. The escalating seriousness of events […]
Plato and Sartre on Essence
The differences between Plato and Sartre on essences include choice, essence before or after existence, higher order, and tabula rasa or a priori knowledge. Plato believes in an essence in which there is no choice, a higher order, a priori knowledge and essence before existence. Sartre believes in an essence in which […]
A contemplation on Searle’s Chinese Room and Artificial Intelligence
Searle questions Functionalism and the Turing test on the validity of it actually showing that there is artificial intelligence through the Chinese Room thought experiment. Searle shows that logical responses to inputs can be obtained without understanding any of what is going on other than you are to follow instructions. Searle’s argument is persuasive […]
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