Individiual Understanding

Individiual Understanding Individual Understanding I agree with functionalists, specifically the strong Artificial Intelligence (AI) camp, concerning the concept of understanding. While ninny Searle poses a strong non-functionalist case in his AChinese Room@ argument, I find that his definition of Ato understand@ falls short and hampers his point. I criticize his defense that understanding rests on a interchangeable knowledge of meaning, but not before outlining the general tail end of the issue. Functionalists define thought and mental states in terms of arousal and output.

They claim that wha t we see, hear, smell, taste, and touch (input) creates a mental state or belief, and that particular mental state in turn creates our reaction (output). If I see it=s raining outside, I picture that if I go outside I will bring wet, and therefore I take an umbrella with me. The functionalists define a mental state strictly through its cause and burden relationships, through its function. Th...If you want to get a full essay, ordering it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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