?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+imperfect+observer%3A+Mind%2C+machines%2C+and+materialism+in+the+21st+century&rft.creator=Donath%2C+Judith&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=The+dualist+%2F+materialist+debates+about+the+nature+of+consciousness+are+based+on+the+assumption+that+an+entirely+physical+universe+must+ultimately+be+observable+by+humans+(with+infinitely+advanced+tools).++Thus+the+dualists+claim+that+anything+unobservable+must+be+non-physical%2C+while+the+materialists+argue+that+in+theory+nothing+is+unobservable.+However%2C+there+may+be+fundamental+limitations+in+the+power+of+human+observation%2C+no+matter+how+well+aided%2C+that+greatly+curtail+our+ability+to+know+and+observe+even+a+fully+physical+universe.++This+paper+presents+arguments+to+support+the+model+of+an+inherently+limited+observer+and+explores+the+consequences+of+this+view.+&rft.publisher=The+Gulbenkian++Foundation&rft.contributor=Wallerstein%2C+Immanuel&rft.contributor=Bergman%2C+Aviv&rft.contributor=Dupuy%2C+Jean-Pierre&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5436%2F1%2FTheImperfectObserver.pdf&rft.identifier=++Donath%2C+Judith++(2006)+The+imperfect+observer%3A+Mind%2C+machines%2C+and+materialism+in+the+21st+century.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5436%2F