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BCS-FACS/LMS Evening Seminar on Turing by Prof. Jack Copeland, 6 November 2012
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Jonathan Bowen
Sep 17, 2012, 4:54:00 PM9/17/12
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BCS-FACS Evening Seminar
Joint event with the London Mathematical Society
Tuesday 6 November 2012, 6:00pm
Professor Jack Copeland
(The University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
The Mathematical Objection:
Turing, Godel and Penrose on the Mind
Abstract:
Is what the mind does always computable? What Turing called the 'Mathematical
Objection' to machine intelligence suggests not. Turing's subtle and interesting
treatment of the Mathematical Objection has a lot to teach us about his view of
mind. Turing is often portrayed as a card-carrying computationalist, but he
would, Professor Copeland suggests, disagree with the simple claim that the
mind is a Turing machine. On Professor Copelandís interpretation of his response
to the Mathematical Objection, Turing believes that the Objection has no force at
all against machine intelligence, but not because the Objection is necessarily
mistaken in its claim that what the mind does is not always computable.
The venue is the British Computer Society 1st Floor, The Davidson Building,
5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA. Refreshments will be available from 5.30pm.
The seminar is free of charge and open to everyone. If you would like to attend, please
register at: https://events.bcs.org/book/286/
See also poster under
http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/mathematical-objection-nov12.pdf
that you are welcome to distribute to anyone that may be interested.
--
Prof. Jonathan Bowen
Emeritus Professor, London South Bank University
Chairman, Museophile Limited
http://www.jpbowen.com
Joint event with the London Mathematical Society
Tuesday 6 November 2012, 6:00pm
Professor Jack Copeland
(The University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
The Mathematical Objection:
Turing, Godel and Penrose on the Mind
Abstract:
Is what the mind does always computable? What Turing called the 'Mathematical
Objection' to machine intelligence suggests not. Turing's subtle and interesting
treatment of the Mathematical Objection has a lot to teach us about his view of
mind. Turing is often portrayed as a card-carrying computationalist, but he
would, Professor Copeland suggests, disagree with the simple claim that the
mind is a Turing machine. On Professor Copelandís interpretation of his response
to the Mathematical Objection, Turing believes that the Objection has no force at
all against machine intelligence, but not because the Objection is necessarily
mistaken in its claim that what the mind does is not always computable.
The venue is the British Computer Society 1st Floor, The Davidson Building,
5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA. Refreshments will be available from 5.30pm.
The seminar is free of charge and open to everyone. If you would like to attend, please
register at: https://events.bcs.org/book/286/
See also poster under
http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/mathematical-objection-nov12.pdf
that you are welcome to distribute to anyone that may be interested.
--
Prof. Jonathan Bowen
Emeritus Professor, London South Bank University
Chairman, Museophile Limited
http://www.jpbowen.com
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