03.28: 风华系列讲座2025春季第二场：Fake Plastic Minds
讲座信息
主题：
Fake Plastic Minds（塑料心智）主讲人：
Sebastian Sunday Grève (王小塞）
主持人：刘哲
北京大学外国哲学研究所、北京大学哲学系 教授
讲座时间：
2025年3月28日 周五 19:00-21:00
讲座地点：北京大学新太阳学生中心210室
讲座方式：
（1）现场参与。本次讲座对高校及科研机构哲学专业的在师生开放，欢迎感兴趣的师友报名，到现场讨论交流。
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主办单位：
北京大学外国哲学研究所
北京大学哲学系
主讲人：Sebastian Sunday Grève (王小塞）
主持人：刘哲
讲座摘要
This paper presents an argument to the conclusion that machines can acquire human mindedness, that is, they can be intelligent, conscious, sentient, etc. in precisely the way that a human being typically is. Machines are defined here as digital computers—i.e., the same type of engineered and programmed artefact as the vast majority of our modern-day computing devices—with the additional condition that these artefacts must be primarily made from non-organic materials such as silicon or plastic. Following a brief review of the history of the type of argument advanced here, a thought experiment is presented and analysed, culminating in the aforementioned conclusion. That conclusion is then defended against a number of objections.
