FTP what are these conceptual problems that posit a situation to exemplify questions in philosophy?
Donald Davidson presented one of these situations by suggesting the possibility of a "Swampman" created by lightning who shares all of Davidson's brain structure. Wittgenstein posited one in which individuals can only truly understand their own "beetle in a box." John Searle invented an example in which a person translates Chinese script using an instruction set without really understanding the language. Daniel Dennett criticized that "Chinese Room" example as an "intuition pump," suggesting it omits important implications of the problem. FTP what are these conceptual problems that posit a situation to exemplify questions in philosophy?
Donald Davidson presented one of these situations by suggesting the possibility of a "Swampman" created by lightning who shares all of Davidson's brain structure.
thought experiments