Ascribing Mental Qualities to Machines.

Abstract

Ascribing mental qualities like beliefs, intentions and wants to a machine is sometimes correct if done conservatively and is sometimes necessary to express what is known about its state. We propose some new definitional tools for this: definitions relative to an approximate theory and second order structural definitions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA071423

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  • John McCarthy

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  • Stanford University

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  • Autonomy
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