Rational Machinery: Can Computers have Aristotelian Intellectual Virtues? Öffentlichkeit

Lusardi II, Robbie (2017)

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This thesis aims to discuss intelligent machinery in a different way than that of traditional works in the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this thesis, I explore whether computers currently possess the five Aristotelian intellectual virtues, episteme, techne, nous, sophia, and phronesis. In cases where computers do not meet Aristotle's criteria for possession of a specific intellectual virtue, I instead discuss what computers would need to accomplish to possess it. When discussing Aristotle, I focus on his analysis of the intellectual virtues in the Nicomachean Ethics, Metaphysics and Posterior Analytics, and incorporate some of De Anima as well. When discussing AI, I draw from past debates in history AI as well as modern developments in the field.

The thesis concludes with a discussion of future questions regarding genuinely intelligent machinery and recommends areas for further research.

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Section I: Introduction............................... 1

Section II: Setting the Stage....................... 4

Section III: Episteme................................... 8

Section IV: Techne...................................... 13

Section V: Nous.......................................... 19

Section VI: Sophia & Phronesis..................... 28

Section VII: Conclusion............................... 36

Section VIII: Works Cited............................ 38

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