?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Epistemological+Observations+about%0D%0AMind-Machine+Equivalence%0D%0A&rft.creator=Didehvar%2C+associated+Professor+Farzad&rft.creator=Zaare'epour%2C+Student+of+Math+Mohamad+Saleh+&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=Abstract.+There+is+no+doubt+that+one+of+the+most+important+problems+for+recent+philosophers+is+comparison+of+man+and+machine+abilities.+Questions+such+%E2%80%9CCan+machines+think%3F%E2%80%9D%2C+%E2%80%9CHave+machines+consciousness%3F%E2%80%9D%2C+or+this+more+general+question+that+%E2%80%9CIs+man+a+machine%3F%E2%80%9D+are+questions+which+answering+them+has+a+special+importance+for+contemporary+philosophers.+Perhaps+this+could+be+said+that+the+last+above+question+is+one+of+the+most+controversial+questions+in+philosophical+studies.+With+an+epistemological+approach%2C+we+can+reduce+this+question+to+%E2%80%9CIf+man+is+(not)+a+machine%2C+can+he+understand+that%3F%E2%80%9D+Of+course+it+should+be+said+that%2C+we+can+ask+this+question+about+every+other+conscious+subject+or+cognitive+system+too+(if+there+is).+In+this+paper+we+try+to+answer+this+question+and+study+its+consequences.++%0D%0A%0D%0A&rft.date=2008-01-06&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5892%2F1%2FArticle-English_new_baraye_aqhaye_nowroozi.doc&rft.identifier=++Didehvar%2C+associated+Professor+Farzad+and+Zaare'epour%2C+Student+of+Math+Mohamad+Saleh+++(2008)+Epistemological+Observations+about+Mind-Machine+Equivalence.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5892%2F