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Consciousness, Free Will, and Purpose in Human Life
Title: Consciousness, Free Will, and Purpose in Human Life
Category: Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
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Consciousness, Free Will, and Purpose in Human Life
Consciousness, Free Will, and Purpose in Human Life In the book Minds, Brains, and Science, author John Searle discusses the ability of humans to provide their own consciousness and free will. He poses the question, "Why exactly is there no room for the freedom of the will on the contemporary scientific view?" (93). In short, his argument is that contemporary science (such as physics) looks at problems from the bottom up. The smallest parts and processes …showed first 75 words of 895 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 895 total…change an attitude about something?" Based on the limited abilities of the machines of that I am familiar with, compared with these amazing and seemingly unique features of human existence that Frankl writes about, I seriously doubt that Frankl would consider a machine as possessing either meaning or function.
Works Cited Frankl, Viktor. Man's Search For Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy. New York: Touchstone/Simon and Shuster, 1984.
Searle, John. Minds, Brains, and Science. Cambridge, H
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