Essays about: "vitalism"

Found 2 essays containing the word vitalism.

1. 1. Human Brains and Thinking Machines : Artificial Soul, Life and Consciousness

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Raymond Anneborg; [2022]
   Keywords : Strong Artificial Intelligence; Soul; Life; Consciousness; Mind; Human Brain; Thinking Machine; Materialism;

   Abstract : In this paper, I examine if strong artificial intelligence can be achieved or not. Can machines have a mind, be conscious, think and have subjective experiences, just like a human? I analyze David Chalmers arguments supporting the possibility of strong AI and conclude that his emulation argument and principle of organizational invariance is not a sufficient condition for strong AI. READ MORE

3. 2. The Eloquence of Speechlessness : Hybridity, Sexed Bodies, and Astonishment in Kant’s Theory of Epigenesis

   University essay from Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

   Author : Jens Eriksson; [2008]
   Keywords : Immanuel Kant 1724-1804 ; epigenesis; astonishment; weirdness; hybridity; manliness; masculinity; gender; sex difference; republicanism; bio-politics; horticulture; life science; vitalism; teleology; Bildung; organization.;

   Abstract : Keywords: Immanuel Kant ( narratives in European naturalism and political anatomy. Yet the concept surfaces in gender historical research on the period in foot notes and cursory remarks. This paper interrogates why epigenesis has been eradicated from the historical consciousness of today’s scholarship on gender politics. READ MORE