Analogy, Mind, and Life
Vitor Manuel Dinis Pereira vpereira1@campus.ul.pt LanCog (Language, Mind and Cognition Research Group), Philosophy Centre, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract
In this chapter, I'll show that the kind of analogy between life and information that seems to be central to the effect that the artificial mind may represent an expected advance in the evolution of life in the universe. It is like the design argument, and if the design argument is unfounded and invalid, the other argument is as well. However, if we are prepared to admit this method of reasoning as valid (though we should not), this discussion will show that the analogy between life and information to the effect that the artificial mind ...
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