Can Computers Think?
The History and Status of the Debate
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Do Computers Have To Be
Conscious To Think?
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Issue Areas
Can computers be conscious?
Is consciousness necessary
for thought?
Is the consciousness requirement
solipsistic?
Can higher-order representations
produce consciousness?
Can functional states generate
consciousness?
Does physicalism show that computers
can be conscious?
Does the connection principle
show that consciousness is necessary for thought?
Other conscious arguments
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