JOURNAL OF DIALECTICS OF NATURE
A Comprehensive, Academic Journal of the Philosophy, History, Sociology and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology
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Mini-Turing Test and Children’s Education Abstract: There is considerable evidence to prove that causal learning and causal understanding ability have greatly enhanced our ability to manipulate the physical world and they are important factors that distinguish humans from other primates. How to get stupid robots to think causally, answer the questions raised with “why” and even understand the meaning of such questions is one of the keys to realizing artificial intelligence. Judea Pearl believes that to achieve human-like intelligence, we must start by imitating the intelligence of children, so he proposed a “causal inference engine” to help future artificial intelligence conduct causal inference, pass the mini- Turing test, and even become a moral subject who can discern good from evil. This paper attempts to provide some different thinking dimensions for the development of children’s education from the basic assumptions and construction goals of artificial intelligence, and at the same time reflects on the current practice of artificial intelligence through children’s education. Key Words: Causal inference engine; Counterfactuals; Free will; Science educationIssue:Volume 44, lssue 9, September 2022Page: 27-37
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Rationalism, Empiricism and Children’s Causal Cognition Abstract: The scientific revolution of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the “transformative” forces it brought about prompted an epistemological turn in philosophy, and the debate between theory and empiricism about the source and nature of knowledge became the philosophical issue of the age. Regarding intuition versus deduction, innate concepts versus innate knowledge, a prolonged discussion occurred around these concepts and various aspects of the problem. This paper, however, attempts to focus the debate on the point of cause and effect as a way to show those positions and arguments. Given that the point of contention is whether or not causation should be understood as a gift or a potential, we will examine contemporary research on children’s causal cognition as the basis for a “scientific” answer or solution to this centuries-old “debate”. Key Words: Nativism; Causation; Causal CognitionIssue:Volume 46, lssue 11, November 2024Page: 12-20
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