Consciousness, agents and the knowledge game

Minds and Machines

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 415-444

  Floridi, Luciano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial agents; Consciousness; Inferentialism; Knowledge game; Muddy children theorem; The three wise men theorem; Zombies

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ARTIFICIAL AGENTS; CONSCIOUSNESS; INFERENTIALISM; KNOWLEDGE GAME; MUDDY CHILDREN THEOREM; THE THREE WISE MEN THEOREM; ZOMBIES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 29344437014     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-005-9005-z     Document Type: Article

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