Questions on Computationalism

  
From Perry/Bratman/Fischer

 

1. Why does Turing think that the 'imitation game' is a satisfactory replacement for the question 'can machines think?' Do you agree? (p. 340)

2. Do you think that there is anything that a machine can't ever do, even in principle, but that a human can? What might be possible candidates? (p. 340)

3. What does Searle think his Chinese Room thought-experiment shows? (p. 353)

4. Does Searle's thought-experiment allow us to draw any conclusions about the adequacy of Turing's 'imitation-game,' which is supposed to stand in for the question 'can machines think?' (p. 353)