Language, Computing, Technology

Undergraduate / Graduate

A.M Turing opens his essay COMPUTING MACHINERY AND INTELLIGENCE as follows: 'I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?" This should begin with definitions of the meaning of the terms "machine" and "think."' We shall accordingly address the question "Can machines thinks?" by thinking about machines and thinking. Readings include: from L. Wittgenstein's writings on mathematics (his dialogue with Turing and his response to Gödel incompleteness proof,) and Heidegger's the Question Concerning Technology.