Giant brains; or, Machines that thinkBerkeley, Edmund Callis
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Giant brains; or, Machines that think
Berkeley, Edmund Callis
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1 1 Small red 12 — _Statement truth-_ Output: glows if
lights _value lights_ statement is
assumed true
in the case
2 1 2-position 12 ~ _Statement denial_ Input: if up,
snap switches _switches_ statement
is denied
3 2 14-position 12 _V_ _Statement_ Input of
dial switches _switches_ statements
4 3 4-position 11 _k_ _Connective_ Input of
dial switches _switches_ connectives:
∧ (and),
∨ (or),
▲ (if-then),
▼ (if and only if)
5 4 11-position 11 _A_ _Antecedent_ Input of
dial switches _switches_ antecedents
6 5 11-position 11 _C_ _Consequent_ Input of
dial switches _switches_ consequents
7 6 2-position 11 _S_ _Stop switches_ Input: if up,
snap switches associates
connective to
main truth-value
light
8 6 2-position 11 ~ _Connective denial_ Input: if up,
snap switches _switches_ statement
produced by
connective is
denied
9 7 Red light and 1 Start _Automatic start_ Input: causes the
large button calc. to start
down a
truth table
automatically
10 7 Red light and 1 Start _Power switch_ Input: turns the
2 buttons Stop power on or off
11 7 2-position 1 Stop “_Stop-on-true-or-_ Input: causes the
snap switch _false_” _switch_ calc.to stop
and red either on true
button cases or on
false cases
12 7 Yellow light 1 — _Main truth-value_ Output: glows if
_light_ the statement
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