Thursday, May 7, 2009

an interesting read: World Philosophy Day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7739493.stm

How can we explain human nature?

Human nature is one of those things that everybody talks about but no one can define precisely. Every time we fall in love, fight with our spouse, get upset about the influx of immigrants into our country, or go to church, we are, in part, behaving as a human animal with our own unique evolved nature—human nature

Source: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20070622-000002.xml

BUT ... can we universally explain it? Do any of the theories we;ve looked at help us? Why ? Why not?
What do you think the explanation is?

Thursday, March 26, 2009

What do we really know?




What questions does ithis ask? Does it provide any answers? What do you think?

Machines and Human Beings

1) Can a machine be classified as a human being
2) Can a human being be classified as a machine?

Is this human?