Psyche Theory--Curious Contemplations on the Self and Soul

Author: Douglas
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Publish Date: 1998-08-01
Features: "'I' is what? 'I' is where?" For this not ordinary first-person pronoun, but a synonym of soul or spirit, "I," philosophy has a long and controversial research history. With the rise of computer science and the deepening of artificial intelligence research, these questions have undergone new explorations and challenges. Some believe that the mind is to the body what software is to hardware. Since computers can simulate human thinking, machines can also think. This can also be inferred that the mind can exist independently of the body, just as software can exist independently of hardware. However, others argue that simulated thinking is not real thinking, just as a simulated milk production process does not produce real milk, or simulated photosynthesis does not cause real photosynthesis. Around these topics, D. R. Hofstadter and D. C. Dennett edited works from various perspectives to provoke discussion and reflection. Their true intention lies not in proving but in inspiring.