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A Defence of AI-Functionalism against Brandom’s arguments from holism and the frame problem

A Defence of AI-Functionalism against Brandom’s arguments from holism and the frame problem
A Defence of AI-Functionalism against Brandom’s arguments from holism and the frame problem
Brandom argues that functionalism must ultimately fail because it will not be able to explain how we can holistically update our beliefs solely in terms of abilities possessed by non-linguistic things. In this paper I respond to this argument by arguing that non-linguistic animals encounter and overcome an analogous sort of holistic updating problem. I will also try to demystify holism and de-intellectualize language use/reasoning.
meaning holism, artificial intelligence (AI), Robert Brandom, frame problem, inferentialism, Philosophy of language
1759-0949
741-750
Schaefer, Reiner
6fe601a0-3db8-4151-8754-87c4547b08eb
Schaefer, Reiner
6fe601a0-3db8-4151-8754-87c4547b08eb

Schaefer, Reiner (2012) A Defence of AI-Functionalism against Brandom’s arguments from holism and the frame problem. Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie, 50 (4), 741-750. (doi:10.1017/S0012217312000030).

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Brandom argues that functionalism must ultimately fail because it will not be able to explain how we can holistically update our beliefs solely in terms of abilities possessed by non-linguistic things. In this paper I respond to this argument by arguing that non-linguistic animals encounter and overcome an analogous sort of holistic updating problem. I will also try to demystify holism and de-intellectualize language use/reasoning.

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Published date: 30 March 2012
Additional Information: Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2012
Keywords: meaning holism, artificial intelligence (AI), Robert Brandom, frame problem, inferentialism, Philosophy of language

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Local EPrints ID: 457812
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/457812
DOI: doi:10.1017/S0012217312000030
ISSN: 1759-0949
PURE UUID: 1baae3c1-4527-4eed-baa8-41bb38984031

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Author: Reiner Schaefer

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