Erkenne dich selbst ist eine der maßgeblichen Weisheitsformeln der Philosophie und Leitmotiv ihres Nachdenkens. Es ist nicht einfach klar, wer und was wir sind. Vielmehr sind wir uns als Frage gegeben und haben die Aufgabe, uns dieser Frage, die wir sind, zu stellen. So verwickelt uns das Problem der Selbsterkenntnis in das Abenteuer lebendigen Philosophierens und legt den Grundstein für eine aufgeklärte Lebenskunst. Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Erkenne dich selbst – Der ursprüngliche Sinn eines antiken Weisheitsspruchs 2. Erkenne dich selbst – Leitmotiv (...) abendländischen Denkens 3. Du bist wie alle 4. Niemand ist wie du 5. Du bist dir selbst entzogen 6. Du musst dich selbst annehmen 7. An den Früchten werdet ihr sie erkennen 8. Erwachen – Fragen – Suchen 9. Selbsterkenntnis ist ein Abenteuer ohne Ende. (shrink)

Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy. Artificial Intelligence can be considered as the so far last attempt to decode the anthropological comparison between human beings and machines. Thereby it also represents in a prominent way what can be called "systemic thought". Searle's conclusive argument against strong AI (that is the idea of computers having intention in a literal way) refers to his precise distinction between syntax and semantics. This difference obviously opposing some of Searle's other essential ideas will only convince if it (...) also explains the genetic-pragmatic aspect. A theory explaining the "life of mind" and the possibility of understanding needs to combine representation and intention with the subjective causation of signs. At the same time they have to be contextualized within a model of teleologically interpreted life recognized with the help of self-experience and self-reflection. This suggests that AI is a simulation which wrongly believes to be a real duplication. Actually it is a semiotic reduction (syntax and semantic surface of signs only) and a psychological compensation (Turing test) connected with a genetic or abductive fallacy. The biological decontextualization, in fact the elimination of teleology and intention, the deconstruction of subjectivity, the loss of the genetic-pragmatic dimension and the abductive fallacy induce the strong AI to confuse its surface-illusion of simulated understanding with the real process itself. (shrink)

Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy. Artificial Intelligence can be considered as the so far last attempt to decode the anthropological comparison between human beings and machines. Thereby it also represents in a prominent way what can be called "systemic thought". Searle's conclusive argument against strong AI refers to his precise distinction between syntax and semantics. This difference obviously opposing some of Searle's other essential ideas will only convince if it also explains the genetic-pragmatic aspect. A theory explaining the "life of mind" (...) and the possibility of understanding needs to combine representation and intention with the subjective causation of signs. At the same time they have to be contextualized within a model of teleologically interpreted life recognized with the help of self-experience and self-reflection. This suggests that AI is a simulation which wrongly believes to be a real duplication. Actually it is a semiotic reduction and a psychological compensation connected with a genetic or abductive fallacy. The biological decontextualization, in fact the elimination of teleology and intention, the deconstruction of subjectivity, the loss of the genetic-pragmatic dimension and the abductive fallacy induce the strong AI to confuse its surface-illusion of simulated understanding with the real process itself. (shrink)