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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.

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