Guilty robots, happy dogs the question of alien minds

Can we ever know what non-human minds are really like? How different are human minds from the minds of animals or robots? In Guilty Robots and Happy Dogs, David McFarland offers an accessible exploration of these and many other intriguing questions, questions that illuminate our understanding the hu...

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Príomhúdar: Farland, David Mc
Údair Eile: David McFarland
Teanga:Undetermined
English
Foilsithe: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2008
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Achoimre:Can we ever know what non-human minds are really like? How different are human minds from the minds of animals or robots? In Guilty Robots and Happy Dogs, David McFarland offers an accessible exploration of these and many other intriguing questions, questions that illuminate our understanding the human mind and its limits in knowing and imagining other minds. In exploring these issues, McFarland looks not only at philosophy, but also examines new evidence from the science of animal behavior, plus the latest developments in robotics and artificial intelligence, to show how many different--and often quite surprising--conclusions we can draw about the nature of minds "alien" to our own. Can robots ever feel guilty? Can dogs feel happy? Answering these questions is not simply an abstract exercise but has real implications for such increasingly relevant topics as animal welfare, artificial intelligence, and cybernetics
Cur Síos Fisiciúil:x, 252 p.
ill.
23 cm
Bibleagrafaíocht:Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-244) and index
ISBN:019921929X
9780199219292