Robots and Free Minds |
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Logic Computers and Men | 1 |
Computers and Control in Society | 21 |
Computers and Metaphysics | 37 |
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American Philosophical Association arithmetic unit automatic automaton can perform basic behavior biological evolution body calculation Charles Peirce circuits claim complex automated systems control system deterministic finite automaton digital computer direct-response system electronic computer embedded subsystem ENIAC environment example explain finite automaton finite deterministic automaton finite number genetic program goal-directed systems goal-seeking goals hardware Hence ideal individual industrial revolution input histories input-output integrated circuit intentional goal-directedness intentional system intentionality internal computing system intuitive kin-interest laws lecture Leibniz logical atoms logical piano Lucretius machine man's mathematics mechanisms metaphysical mind moral rules natural human functions natural properties natural systems natural thing Neumann operation organisms output histories particles Peirce's perform all natural person philosopher play probabilistic probabilistic automaton Pythagorean number question reciprocal altruism reduce robot double robot society robot thesis robotlet self-interest self-reproduction simulated social-interest structure teleological continuum theory Tinkertoy underlying system vacuum tube