Can Computers Think?
The History and Status of the Debate
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Can Physical Symbol Systems
Think?
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Issue Areas
Does thinking require a
body?
Is the relation between hardware
and software similar to that between human brains and minds?
Can physical symbol systems
learn as humans do?
Can the elements of thinking
be represented in discrete symbolic form?
Can symbolic representations account
for human thought?
Does the situated action paradigm
show that computers can't think?
Can physical symbol systems
think dialectically?
Can a symbolic knowledge
base represent human understanding?
Do humans use rules as physical symbol systems do?
Does mental processing rely on heuristic
search?
Do physical symbol systems play chess
as humans do?
Other physical symbol systems
arguments