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281 | Samir Okasha on the Philosophy of Agency and Evolution
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Exploring the Evolutionary History of Mental Representations and Agency
This chapter delves into the evolutionary history of mental representations and agency, discussing the development of a rudimentary nervous system as a significant threshold for organisms to process environmental signals and respond adaptively. It touches on the unique methodology of philosopher and geneticist Eva Yablanca in exploring consciousness through learning potential and associative abilities. The discussion also contemplates the philosophical perspectives on the level of agency in artificial intelligence, pondering on the nature of intelligence, thinking, and the challenges of creating machines with true agency.
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