An American philosopher named John Rogers Searle presented his argument in 1980. It is well-known as Searle’s “Chinese Room Argument.” To further comprehend, the argument presents an English-speaking human who does not know or understand Chinese. The man is put inside a room and is asked to simulate the execution of a computer program using Chinese characters, which he or she does not understand. Instill in mind that the program the person
In John Searle’s “Chinese Room” argument he is aiming to indicate that computers cannot think like human beings can. To demonstrate his argument he uses an example of somebody, who is not a native Chinese speaker, being locked in a room with Chinese symbols. The person is then given a book in their native language, in this case English, which tells him or her how to produce symbols effectively in Chinese. It is important to note that the English book telling whoever is locked in the room how to
1. Which view of the concept of intelligence accords better with philosophical naturalism, as it was described in class: (a) intelligence as an absolute term (like money) or (b) intelligence as a comparative term (like wealth)? Justify your answer. In short, philosophical naturalism argues that there is one and only physical natural world that exists in which all humans are included. Immaterial and supernatural souls and spirits do not exist. Humans are nothing more than a collection of highly organized