Why and How We Are Not Zombies
Harnad, Stevan (1995) Why and How We Are Not Zombies. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 1, (2), 164-167.
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Description/Abstract
A robot that is functionally indistinguishable from us may or may not be a mindless Zombie. There will never be any way to know, yet its functional principles will be as close as we can ever get to explaining the mind.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Presented at Royal Society/Association of British Sciences Writers Press Conference on "Consciousness: Its Place in Contemporary Science" Tuesday 7 February 10am - 12:50 am at the Royal Society |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > Web & Internet Science |
| Item ID: | 253347 |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2000 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 05:23 |
| Contributors: | Harnad, Stevan (Author) |
| Date: | 1995 |
| Additional Information: | Presented at Royal Society/Association of British Sciences Writers Press Conference on "Consciousness: Its Place in Contemporary Science" Tuesday 7 February 10am - 12:50 am at the Royal Society |
| Status: | Published |
| Further Information: | Google Scholar |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/253347 |
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