Davidson's no-priority thesis in defending the Turing Test

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• 作者：Mohammad Reza Vaez Shahrestani ; ^{vaez.dawn1985@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Turing Test ; ability of linguistic interaction ; ability of interpretation ; thought and language ; Davidson's no-priority theory
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：32
• 期：Complete
• 页码：456-461
• 全文大小：269 K

文摘

Turing does not provide an explanation for substituting the original question of his test - i.e., ¡°Can machines think??with ¡°Can a machine pass the imitation game??- resulting in an argumentative gap in his main thesis. In this article, I argue that a positive answer to the second question would mean attributing the ability of linguistic interactions to machines; while a positive answer to the original question would mean attributing the ability of thinking to machines. In such a situation, defending the Turing Test requires establishing a relationship between thought and language. In this regard, Davidson's no-priority theory is presented as an approach for defending the test.