Problematizing the “Right to be Forgotten”: A Study of “Memory” and “History” Memory is not only preserved in writing but also conserved digitally and history as a discipline is a document of collective memory. Contrary to such a practice‚ there is a strong move towards the implementation of the “Right to be forgotten” as basic human right. The “Right to be forgotten” can be explained as a claim of an individual to ensure that certain data (internet record) is deleted so that it is untraceable by
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What is consciousness? Consciousness is “the state of being awake and aware of one’s surroundings.” According to Thomas Nagel in his writing (What Is It Like to Be a Bat?). Now personally do I think that animals have human qualities‚ Yes I think and they are more than capable of solving problems‚ and having emotions whether its positive or negative‚ which I believe they project. Though there has been controversy over just which animals pass the mirror test‚ so they ran studies to gain a better
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“Classical AI is unlikely to yield conscious machines; systems that mimic the brain might.” Churchland is exploring the past and current views of AI in order to further explore the future of AI. They believe that AI cannot currently be conscious‚ but that future mapping and reverse engineering may produce an AI equivalent of the human brain. Evidence The first argument was whether or not a machine could pass the Turing test. It was argued that if a machine had enough memory and was programmed
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Running head : The explicit and implicit learning 1 Australian College of Applied Psychology School of Psychological Science Psych 2032; Learning and Memory
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Behaviorism: a school of psychology that restricts the study of human nature to what can be observed rather than to states of consciousness. An alternative to the materialist view is behaviourism. Behaviourism is the theory that one can observe various physical actions of an individual in order to determine ones inner feelings. For example‚ if someone is smiling‚ skipping‚ and has their head up‚ one can assume that this person is cheerful or happy. Some psychology behaviourists
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This essay will examine my personal self-development in relation to self-awareness and listening skills. Personal development refers to a set of activities that one can engage in for the purpose of enhancing self knowledge and identity. It involves talent and potential development‚ building of human capital as well as employability‚ improving the quality of life‚ and last but not least‚ playing a role towards the realization of aspirations and dreams. The idea of personal development is not only
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Derek Parfit writes about the topic of what persons are and what their existence over time consists of. He is motivated to explore this subject because of his fascination with split-brain patients and their ability to see a different color with each eye and‚ after processing this information in separate hemispheres‚ their left and right hands write down the different ‘seen’ color simultaneously.1 There is no communication between the brain hemispheres about what color they’ve witnessed and therefore
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The philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett has done numerous researches on the concept of Qualia: a gap in language. Qualia are the subjective experiences that cannot be described by words‚ such as describing color to a blind person‚ or the blind describing the lack thereof to a seeing person. In the novel "The Joy Luck Club‚" the mothers and the daughters have somewhat of a communication gap: one is centered on the Chinese language and the other American English. In communication between
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(4) Choose EITHER Idealism OR Panpsychism. What are the arguments in favor of the view? What are its main flaws? Is it a viable and persuasive strategy for resolving problems in consciousness? Wei Yang Introduction In an attempt to solve the beautiful mystery of consciousness‚ pansychists proposed that consciousness is a feature of the fundamental particles. By proposing that consciousness is fundamental‚ panpsychism fits into the framework of modern science nicely‚ and it is a hypothesis that
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The paper “The Self and The Future” is written by Bernard Williams. It depicts two very similar cases and stirs a discussion between whether the psychological continuity theory or bodily continuity theory is more relevant when it comes to our personal identity. Psychological continuity is a view that is based on the principle that our personal identity is associated with our thoughts and memories. Bodily continuity theory is a view that as long as we have the same body‚ we are the same person. Throughout
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