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Cog and God: A Response to Anne Foerst
Author(s) -
Reich K. Helmut
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/0591-2385.00144
Subject(s) - symbol (formal) , cog , imago , argument (complex analysis) , image of god , the symbolic , epistemology , theology , philosophy , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis , linguistics , botany , biochemistry , chemistry , biology
This response offers considerable agreement with Anne Foerst's analysis in her essay “Cog, a Humanoid Robot, and the Question of the Image of God” ( Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 33 [March 1998]), yet endeavors to make her argument even more helpful. The response deals mainly with (1) the concept of symbol and the symbolic approach, (2) the symbolic description of a human being by artificial intelligence (AI) and by the theological symbol, “image of God” ( imago dei ), and (3) the ensuing dialogue between scientists and theologians.