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| Qualities, philosophy: quality is an expression of the nature of objects or the form of properties. Today, it is no longer understood as a category but rather as the sum of the distinguishing features of an object. Properties of the objects like their size, mass, etc. count as objective or primary qualities, subjective (secondary) qualities are properties which are settled in the subject, e.g. color. See also quantities, qualia, subjectivity, objectivity, properties, features._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Marvin Minsky on Qualities - Dictionary of Arguments
I 113 Qualities/Artificial Intelligence/psychological development/Minsky: (…) the qualities of signals sent to brains depend only on relationships — the same as with the shapeless points of space. This is the problem Dr. Johnson faced when creating definitions for his dictionary: each separate word like bitter, bright, salt, or sweet attempts to speak about a quality of a sensory signal. But all that a separate signal can do is announce its own activity — perhaps with some expression of intensity. Your tooth can't ache (it can only send signals); only you can ache, once your higher-level agencies interpret those signals. Beyond the raw distinctiveness of every separate stimulus, all other aspects of its character or quality — be it of touch, taste, sound, or light — depend entirely on its relationships with the other agents of your mind. >Information/Minsky._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Minsky I Marvin Minsky The Society of Mind New York 1985 Minsky II Marvin Minsky Semantic Information Processing Cambridge, MA 2003 |
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