Functionalism In Star Trek Measure Of Man

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In the movie Star Trek Measure of Man is about a man who have “positronic brain” so what ever information you ask him he have the answer because he uses the network website to answer the questions. He was a robot which doesn’t currently exist in this world so that means he doesn’t have the same features as a regular human being have so basically he uses the computer to answer everything. Maddox wanted to take the robot apart so he can see how robot works and then he will fix the robot again so it will work the same way as it was working forever. After this data had a concern if Maddox one single mistake while putting back the robot that will destroy the robot and it will not give you any accurate information.
A hearing is held to determine whether Data has the right to choice whether Maddox can open him or not. In order for him to have the right to choice he must be sentient. At the minimum to be sentient you must have beliefs and desires. As the information that I have provided I will tell you two theories that I will use in my essay the first will be type identity and the second one will be functionalism. I believe that Data has the …show more content…

According to functionalists, mental states are recognized by what they do as opposed to by what they are made of. Functionalism is the most well-known or got see among savants of philosophers and intellectual science. According to this theory anything that is not really and it is made up would also have desire and beliefs. In this case the robot was made to function and according this theory he has a desire and beliefs. For example I have two same hijab but made of two different materials for example one is made of cotton and the other one is made of polyester but the thing is the same. For example we have so many computers in the world all of them use the same software and features but just different model and the searis but that does not have any desire and

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