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b2726 Self and the Phenomenon of Life: A Biologist Examines Life from Molecules to Humanity “9x6”- Savage-Rumbaugh S, Lewin R. (1994) Kanzi: The Ape at the Rink of the
Human Mind. Doubleday, New York; Savage-Rumbaugh S, Shanker SG,
Taylor TJ. (1998) Apes, Language, and the Human Mind. Oxford Univ.
Press, New York. - Chalmers DJ. (1996) The Conscious Mind. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
- The term “strong artificial intelligence” or “strong AI” was coined by John
Searle to denote the idea that computer science can create real minds, as
opposed to the notion of “weak artificial intelligence” or “weak AI,” which
maintains that computer science can at best simulate certain functions of
minds but never becoming a real mind, such as what a human being expe-
riences. - A similar situation occurs when a person watches a puppet show. One may
be so absorbed as to believe that the puppet is alive with intentions and
feelings, forgetting the fact that these human-like features are no more
than the skillful manipulations of a puppeteer. - Hippocrates, over two thousand years ago, is said to have correlated the
brain with mental functions such as thought, emotion, perception and
choice. - “Ontology” is a philosophical term, which in common language refers to the
nature of things. For example, my subjective feeling of hot or cold is not the
same as the observed rise or fall of the mercury column in a thermometer.
Though correlated, they are different kinds of reality. - My position regarding mind-body relationship is closest to that of “neutral
monism,” as defended by Bertrand Russell and others.