This looks to be a wonderful source for data on both sides of issues that I often encounter (Consciousness, Free Will, “Proving” God, and the Zombie… Love those Zombies).
I was a little surprised to see nothing about the opinions of Searle (my favorite whipping post). I will need to read up on the site a bit more to see how to go about adding his expert opinion.
Thanks Matthew. Per your suggestion I just added Searle’s opinion on Zombies. Let me know if you have any difficulties using the website (feel free to email me at ben@takeonit.com ).
I am hoping that, should I get into Berkeley, to take a class from Searle, and claim to be a Zombie who has no real consciousness.
Another thing that some friends of mine came up with was the Simulated Prank Call, where a computer would have a program that simulated a prank phone call, yet it would be connected to a modem and voice software so that the simulation would actually call Searle’s office at Berkeley to deliver the Simulated Prank.
Thanks for adding his reply. There are some others (of Searle’s beliefs) that should probably be placed on that site (Such as his annoying Chinese Room, which is what started most of the Zombie stuff to begin with)
This looks to be a wonderful source for data on both sides of issues that I often encounter (Consciousness, Free Will, “Proving” God, and the Zombie… Love those Zombies).
I was a little surprised to see nothing about the opinions of Searle (my favorite whipping post). I will need to read up on the site a bit more to see how to go about adding his expert opinion.
Thanks Matthew. Per your suggestion I just added Searle’s opinion on Zombies. Let me know if you have any difficulties using the website (feel free to email me at ben@takeonit.com ).
I am hoping that, should I get into Berkeley, to take a class from Searle, and claim to be a Zombie who has no real consciousness.
Another thing that some friends of mine came up with was the Simulated Prank Call, where a computer would have a program that simulated a prank phone call, yet it would be connected to a modem and voice software so that the simulation would actually call Searle’s office at Berkeley to deliver the Simulated Prank.
Thanks for adding his reply. There are some others (of Searle’s beliefs) that should probably be placed on that site (Such as his annoying Chinese Room, which is what started most of the Zombie stuff to begin with)