God and the Big Bang
Antony Flew (Summer 03)
Antony Flew asks what might lie beyond the big bang, and questions the assumption that we must choose between two options: either God created it, or it popped into existence for no reason.
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Could A Machine Think? (Spring 02)
Could A Machine Think? (Spring 2002)
by Stephen Law
The year is 2100. Geena is the proud new owner of Emit, a state-of-the-art robot. She has just unwrapped him, the packaging strewn across the dining room floor. Emit is designed to replicate the outward behaviour of a human being down to the last detail (except that he is rather more compliant and obedient). Emit responds to questions in much the same way humans do. Ask him how he feels and he will say he has had a tough day, has a slight headache, is sorry he broke that vase, and so on. Geena flips the switch at the back of Emit’s neck to ‘on’. Emit springs to life...
by Stephen Law
The year is 2100. Geena is the proud new owner of Emit, a state-of-the-art robot. She has just unwrapped him, the packaging strewn across the dining room floor. Emit is designed to replicate the outward behaviour of a human being down to the last detail (except that he is rather more compliant and obedient). Emit responds to questions in much the same way humans do. Ask him how he feels and he will say he has had a tough day, has a slight headache, is sorry he broke that vase, and so on. Geena flips the switch at the back of Emit’s neck to ‘on’. Emit springs to life...
Welcome to RIP Think
Welcome to RIP Think - the blog set up to discuss articles published in Think - the "popular" journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.
The intention is that it will go live at the next issue (Autumn 2009). Each blog posting will be the title of the article and the 1st para - so the action will be in the comments. If, however, there is a recent article you would like to discuss please email the title and 1st para to nb@sciteb.com and we can put up a post about it.
The intention is that it will go live at the next issue (Autumn 2009). Each blog posting will be the title of the article and the 1st para - so the action will be in the comments. If, however, there is a recent article you would like to discuss please email the title and 1st para to nb@sciteb.com and we can put up a post about it.
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