Introduction: George Saunders’ “Escape from Spiderhead” is a dystopian short story that portrays a controlled pharmacological environment in which scientists experimentally …
Part 1: What is the difference between Truth, a Lie and Bullshit? Students should begin by writing brief definitions of …
Can a computer think? John Searle’s Chinese Room argument can be used to argue that computers do not “think,” that …
In Plato’s Republic, Glaucon, Plato’s elder brother, tell a story about a shepherd who discovers a ring that makes him …
In Leibniz’s 1714 Monadology we have an example of the many different ways that philosophers have theorized about the constitution …
