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How can we describe intellect in a way that relates to philosophical knowledge?
Is there any writing by philosophers specifically about the nature of intelligence/intellect and the way it relates to epistemology? For example, is someone who's 'smarter' more likely to have true ...
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Who was the first philosopher to describe what we now call artificial intelligence?
Who was the first philosopher (e.g., Greek or pre-Socratic) to define or describe what we now call artificial intelligence?
In your answer, first discusses
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What well-discussed alternatives are there to the Extended Mind Thesis?
The Extended Mind Thesis holds that we should consider "cognition" to include the process of using external cognitive tools (rather than only considering processes internal to our brain).
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Will the use of AI reduce our capacity to think? [duplicate]
In light of the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), there's a growing concern regarding its potential impact on human cognition.
Individuals like Elon Musk; Nick Bostrom of the ...
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Does the use of AI make someone more intelligent?
Does the use of AI make someone more intelligent? I think I remember this coming up in the SEP, with respect to whether access to the internet means I "know" (or similar) everything that ...
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Is subjectivity a deeply integral part of human intelligence? Why?
I believe that at its core, intelligence requires that some form of “good” or “bad” value judgments be made during the perception process. Values are the motivation behind an objective or goal. Values ...
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How do philosophers understand intelligence? [duplicate]
How do philosophers treat the problem of defining intelligence? In particular, scientific, sociological and psychological contexts seem to picture intelligence in different ways.
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Is every intelligence a collection?
Is every intelligence a collection? Obviously 'general intelligence' is a collection of abilities, a statistical entity that is a measure of ability "in general". What about musical ...
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Is there a clear, objective difference between intelligence in the arts and the sciences? [closed]
Often, when referring to whether or not person A is "smart", discussion about Person A's political stance or their appreciation—or not—of art becomes part of the conversation.
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Can we compare the skill or intelligence necessary to do an intrinsic good vs evil?
Can we compare the skill or intelligence necessary to do an intrinsic good vs evil? I was just thinking whether e.g. a skilled murderer can be compared with the skill of being a good mother. There ...
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Defining intelligence [duplicate]
For over twenty years now I've been mulling over the following problem: how do you broadly define/measure intelligence? Probably someone has already said that (or come to the same conclusion) but here'...
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Is wisdom one type of intelligence, or distinct from it?
I asked this question on the psychology stack exchange, but was told this would be a better stack exchange for it. I subscribe to the theory that there are multiple types of intelligence. Is wisdom ...
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Are there forms of judgment or intelligence which include the capacity to disobey?
Are there forms of judgment or intelligence which include the capacity to disobey? Ideally, AI will lack this, but then does that mean its intelligence is lacking anything?
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Is the SETI project built on false premises?
The SETI project analyzes signals and looks for patterns, some of which include prime number sequences that have an absurdly low improbability of occurring. It does this to detect intelligent life.
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Is there a general theory of intelligence and design that would allow us to detect the presence of design in an object based solely on its properties?
There are many candidates for what could be considered to be an intelligent agent. Examples include humans, animals, aliens, AI (e.g. ChatGPT?), and supernaturalists would probably add angels, deities,...
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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?
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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.
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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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Why do people argue in favor of IQs, while then encouraging people (of any IQ) to use hard work to obtain the same successes?
At the same time people will say (science included) that IQ is a very important thing -- while at the same time saying that people with lower IQs can do things that people with higher IQs can -- while ...
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Are we biologically limited from knowing the universe?
Consider the relationship between a human and a dog.
A dog can be very intelligent or not very much. Border Collie is considered to be the most intelligent dog breed in the world, while Afgan Hound ...
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Aren't we most likely subject to artificial selection?
Since intelligent design is just artificial selection, and since we're most likely to be artificially selected for, then you can say we've been subjected to intelligent design. Since most animals on ...
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Is the study of IQ an example of greedy reductionism?
Is the study of IQ an example of greedy reductionism?
greedy reductionism occurs when "in their eagerness for a bargain, in
their zeal to explain too much too fast, scientists and philosophers
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Is there a fundamental difference between hypothetical explanations in sociology and natural sciences?
According to Explanandum and Explanans on Wikipedia:
An explanandum (a Latin term) is a sentence describing a phenomenon
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What is the relationship between consciousness and intelligence?
Some philosophers say that consciousness is all about experiences, feelings, etc.
Can we say that intelligence is also an experience or feeling making it one of the outcomes of consciousness
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Ignorance vs Knowledge - What should one strive for to live a happy life?
The title actually explains it all.
If one's goal is to live one's life as a happy person, which I actually want, what would be the best course to achieve that?
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Does genius always leave us asking "how"?
Does genius always leave us asking "how"? Not e.g. "why" like an eccentric creativity might.
So we don't ask of Marx "why" were you interested in Feurabach or a critical analysis of the economy, or ...
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Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) a measure of a computers intelligence? Or, our own? [closed]
Fellow Citizens of Earth:
During our digital age of privacy laws, data breaches, and consumer profiling; the distinct split happening within psychological minds of individuals needs to be addressed.
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Would da Vinci still be a genius today? [closed]
A lot of people claim that if we somehow managed to clone da Vinci he (most likely) wouldn't be as unique and special today. They argue that such a genius personality is a sum of infinite conditions ...
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Intelligence, happiness, money and idols
It seems to me that nowadays, everyone runs after happiness and pleasures (each in his own way), and I suspect that attaining intelligence isn't the best way to be happy.
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How does the simulation hypothesis relate to the ethics of simulated violence?
Say, for the sake of this question, the simulation hypothesis is real. Are we then hurting "persons"/conscious beings in "our simulations" - video games - when we fight them? Why (not)? If so, is this ...
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In what type of world is free will possible, if at all?
Why is free will a widely discussed, established concept? Does this concept emerge from religious / spiritual doctrine? Why is there so much interest in this topic?
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What makes artificial intelligence artificial? [closed]
Wikipedia says Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence exhibited by machines. About intelligence it says It [intelligence] can be more generally described as the ability to perceive information, ...
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Free Will and Intelligence
What is the relation between free will and intelligence.
I'll identify free will with conscious mind and wonder what their relation is.
Obviously there is free will without intelligence. Just have a ...
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Is color a hallucination?
This is a continuation of my last question in which I showed that color does not exist in reality but only in our perceptions. So I ask, is seeing something which does not exist not classified as ...
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Can one pursue knowledge without their own personal perspective?
In my opinion, the pursuit of knowledge is directly linked the the individual pursuing it, and their perspective is crucial in the process.
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Relationship between intelligence, thinking and knowledge [closed]
A quick google search defines intelligence as "the ability to acquire and apply knowledge" and thinking as "the process of considering or reasoning about something"
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What did Poincaré mean by intuition of pure number?
To what does Poincaré refer in his article Intuition and Logic in mathematics when he speaks about the intuition of pure number? He refers also to two other forms of intuition, besides the "...
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Einstein on induction [closed]
Einstein says here
the researcher always starts out from facts, whose mutual
connections are his aim, he does not find his system of ideas in a
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Surely, I am thinking, ...
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