Information, Knowledge & Intelligence

[Philosophy Now]

Alistair MacFarlane considers the differences between these crucial concepts, and the implications for how we think about computers.

http://philosophynow.org/issues/98/Info ... telligence

[Impenitent]

nice distinctions...

the process (of intelligence) is not known (nor is consciousness according to the article), nor can it be increased... (almost contradictory but nonetheless)...

wisdom remains aloof ...

-Imp

[Mycontext]

" We are born with innate knowledge, whereas we are not born with innate beliefs. A newborn baby knows how to breathe and suckle, but it does not have religious, or any other, beliefs."

Perhaps, I am nitpicking, but this doesn't strike me as a knowledge. I would instead suggest that we have processes in place which serve a function. Or is the idea of knowledge to be made so broad as to include any process in play as knowledge? Would you consider a cell to be knowledgeable of absorbing various molecules?

Knowing how to stop an otherwise automatic function such as breathing, would on my account be a point of knowledge, but NOT the act of breathing.

[commonsense]

" We are born with innate knowledge, whereas we are not born with innate beliefs. A newborn baby knows how to breathe and suckle, but it does not have religious, or any other, beliefs."

Knowing how to stop an otherwise automatic function such as breathing, would on my account be a point of knowledge, but NOT the act of breathing.

I agree.

The author seems to be confused about autonomic reflexes. A person can take control of their breathing, but it will occur on its own, automatically, without any sort of knowledge.