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In lectures, it was stressed that we have very concrete definitions of what
constitutes and organism, and these definitions specifically disqualify non-organic
organisms. (T/F) -ANS>False
In lecture, we defined cybernetics as the scientific study of control and
communication in the ______ and the ______. -ANS>animal, machine
According to Andy Clark, 'formal logic systems' comprise:
1) a set of symbols
2) a way of joining a set of symbols
3) a way of expressing complex problems
4) all of the above -ANS>all of the above
According to John Searle, formal symbol manipulation in and of itself... -
ANS>cannot account for thinking
According to Michael Dawson in the Embedded and Situated Cognition paper, why
does the shape of the bat's ear matter? -ANS>The shape causes returning echoes
to strike the ear at different angles of entry, producing specific distortions of the
auditory signal that aid sound localization
, In his 1948 book on Cybernetics, Control and Communication in the Animal and
the Machine, Norbert Weiner explored a functional analogy between 'automatic
machines' and: -ANS>The human nervous system
In Feedback and Cybernetics, Cherry argues that in the case of the brain, it is not
the machine which is mechanistically analogous to the brain but rather the
operation of the machine plus the instructions fed into it. (T/F) -ANS>True
Which of the following is an example of a formal system?
1) Von Neumann computer
2) Turing machine
3) Logic systems (syntax and semantic)
4) All of the above -ANS>all of the above
John Searle states that symbols and programs are purely abstract notions and the
mental contents make the semantics happen. According to Searle, in the Chinese
Room experiment, which component represents semantic knowledge of Chinese?
1) The person in the Chinese Room
2) The rulebooks and scripts
3) The responses the person created according to the rules
4) The Chinese symbols themselves
5) None of the above -ANS>none of the above
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