Questions tagged [intelligence]
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How do philosophers understand intelligence (beyond artificial intelligence)?
Do philosophers have working definitions of 'intelligence'? The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides a lot of references, but all of them are related to artificial intelligence and other ...
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What is the leading (most popular) account of intelligence amongst philosophers and/or artificial intelligence researchers?
I'm aware that AI systems are typically considered to be 'systems which act logically', but this is just a workable definition. I'm looking for something akin to a theory of intelligence. Something ...
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Is there an ethical basis for killing less intelligent animals (as food) but not killing animals of higher intelligence?
I'd like to know whether morally there would be a difference between killing/hunting animals of higher intellect (apart from humans) and animals generally regarded of lower intellect. If there is no ...
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Did Adorno think the effects of mass culture were uniform, or universal?
Did Adorno think the effects of mass culture were uniform, or universal? In what way are its effects always the same?
The intellectual enjoying a detective novel is meant to "escape his own ego, ...
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How to define intelligence amongst animals [closed]
In the comments section of this article: Humans can recognize and understand chimpanzee and bonobo gestures, a few philosophical questions came up which have redirected me here. Could you please shed ...
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Is mathematical creativity the same as artistic creativity?
Do philosophers distinguish between mathematical creativity, and the broader artistic creativity? If so, what are the differences between these two?
A lot of people seem to treat IQ as something ...
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Intelligence as a prerequisite for consciousness/sentience?
Google engineer Blake Lemoine recently made headlines by claiming that he thought Google's LaMDA conversational AI was sentient, based on his interactions with it. (E.g.: https://www.wired.com/story/...
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Can an intellect judge itself?
Suppose you want to measure the length of something, e.g. the length of a kitchen table. It's not an easy task, but luckily you have a meter stick on hand! So you take your meter stick and make your ...
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What is the view of the origin of language according to contemporary philosophy of language?
Do we think in the language we speak? If we didn't know any language or think of a child for an instant, perhaps a newborn, is there still thinking? and if so, is it a universal language? Some say we ...
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How would you answer when tasked with the estimation of a person's intelligence? [closed]
"She is so intelligent, right?"
Well, to agree with such a statement, we would need to have a mutual understanding of intelligence, which we probably don't, since there are many different ...
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Are levels of intelligence different levels of consciousness?
I just want to clarify that I do NOT think I have a more gifted mind than average. Not at all. However, I am very existential and often wonder about the nature of basic things.
Anyway, one of my ...
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On the purpose of human existence and unequal ability to understand complex things
I'm one of those people who think that the most important concern for us is to precisely understand the purpose of human existence ... I'm really surprised that our governments around the earth, even ...
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What is intelligence?
I am interested in studying AI, and I thought it would be a good idea to study the nature of intelligence before stepping into the field. I googled "books to read about intelligence", but it ...
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Stupidity and morality, how do they relate? [closed]
I think most people concerned with philosophy would think that morality is at least a type of intelligence, one way of being intelligent. Some forms of "ethical realism" must surely rely on ethical ...
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Are Life and Intelligence analogous?
Let me explain what I mean. From the standpoint of biology, life is often defined by having a metabolism, the ability to reproduce, evolve, etc. (There is no single definition so far as I can tell.)
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