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What Robots Can and Can’t Be

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Selmer Bringsjord

    1. Department of Philosophy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Cognitive Systems (COGS, volume 12)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-57

  3. Our Machinery

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    Pages 58-96

  4. Arguments PRO, Destroyed

    • Selmer Bringsjord
    Pages 97-129

  5. What Robots Can Be

    • Selmer Bringsjord
    Pages 130-183

  6. Searle

    • Selmer Bringsjord
    Pages 184-207

  7. Arbitrary Realization

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    Pages 208-230

  8. Gödel

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    Pages 231-265

  9. Free Will

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    Pages 266-327

  10. Introspection

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    Pages 328-351

  11. Conclusion

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    Pages 352-353

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 354-381
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ments be thrown to the wind - in light of the fact that careful, precise, step-by-step deductive arguments will be presented below for each and every proposition that might be cavalierly regarded prima facie implausible. Key Theses So, to put it colloquially, I think we're headed toward real­ izing Blade Runner, a classic sci fi movie in which only an elaborate pupil-scanner (which detects the usual physiolog­ ical correlate to an emotional response to provocative ques­ tions) enables one to distinguish androids from humans. And Blade Runner turned real, it seems to me, will be the Age of The Philosopher. Qualia Scanner Pupils undilated! Why? Well, to start, this will be an era within which the so-called "problem of other minds" will be especially pointed, because the sort of question frequently posed by in­ structors in introductory philosophy courses, namely How do you know, really know, that the person next to you isn't just a robot, that underneath her "skull" hums a complicated silicon device instead of a flesh-and-blood human brain? WHAT ROBOTS CANANDCAN'TBE 4 will be a deadly serious one.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

    Selmer Bringsjord

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: What Robots Can and Can’t Be

  • Authors: Selmer Bringsjord

  • Series Title: Studies in Cognitive Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2464-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1662-6Published: 30 April 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5087-6Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2464-5Published: 07 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-0780

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 381

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Artificial Intelligence, Logic

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