Philosophy Exam Reveiw 7

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Philosophy Exam QUESTION 7 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_4u1qg8 1. What was Lycan's cen- tral claim in his article "Machine Conscious- ness"?x Robots, if complex enough, should be considered as having minds and moral rights, even if we can never know for sure. 2. To support his view Lycan explain lycans first hypotheti- cal example concering harry • Harry: an android that is so advanced that others would mistake him as human. o Harry can do everything a human can, from playing sports and music, to exhibiting emotions such as love, envy, anger, etc. Harry does everything in the same way humans do (has the same type of "thought" process) o Does harry actually have thoughts, feelings, con- sciousness? Or is Harry just portraying them? 3. WHat does lycan say harrys example shows? 1. This shows that for the same reason we assume humans have feelings, thoughts, and conscious- ness, we should assume the same about Harry. 4. What does he claim are the only differences be- tween humans and Harry? o There are only two primary differences, Origin and composition: Origin: created in a lab or factory. Chemical composition: Primarily made from silicon rather than carbon. 5. Explain lycans hypo- thetical example con- cerining henrietta Human that slowly becomes an android piece by piece. o Entire body replaced by synthetic materials over time, including her brain. Functionality remains the same, so that she retains the same personality, feelings, memories, etc. 6. What does this exam- ple show for Lycan and why? what matters to mentality is not the stuff which one is made, but how that stuff is organized and functions. 1 / 1

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