Question 1

What are the similarities and differences between libertarianism and hard determinism? What are the similarities and differences between hard determinism and compatibilism?

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Question 2

Discuss Clarence Darrow's defense of Leopold and Loeb.How does his argument indicate that he is not a libertarian? How does his argument indicate that he is not a compatibilist?

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Question 3

Discuss why compatibilists think that determinism and freedom are compatible.Explain how a libertarian would critique the compatibilist's notion of "free action."

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Question 4

What do you think is the strongest argument for libertarianism? What do you think is the strongest argument against libertarianism? Which of these two arguments is the better one? Why?

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Question 5

What is the strong AI thesis? How does it differ from the weak AI thesis? What was Descartes's view of the strong AI thesis? What was his argument for this view? What is Marvin Minsky's evaluation of the strong AI thesis?

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Question 6

What does Jean-Paul Sartre mean when he says "existence precedes essence"? Using his notions of "facticity" and "transcendence," explain why he thinks you are not determined even by facts over which you had no control (such as your gender).

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Question 7

How does functionalism provide theoretical support for the claims of many artificial intelligence researchers that computers can think?

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Question 8

What does "multiple realizability" mean? What role does this notion play in the theory of functionalism?

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Question 9

What is agency theory? How does it attempt to solve the problem of freedom and determinism?

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Question 10

What do you think is the strongest argument for determinism? What do you think is the strongest argument against determinism? Which of these two arguments is the better one? Why?

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Question 11

What is the Turing Test? What does it try to accomplish?

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Question 12

How would the determinist reply to each of the following criticisms? (a)"When I make a choice,I could have chosen differently." (b)"The fact that I have to deliberate before making a decision proves that I am not determined." (c)"It is impossible to predict another person's behavior."

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Question 13

What is John Searle's Chinese room thought experiment? What does he think it demonstrates?

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