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    Almost seven decades ago, (Turing, in Mind 59:433–460, 1950) posed the far-reaching question: “Can machines think?” Well, it depends, Turing, elaborates, on what we mean by “machines” and what we mean by “thinking”. Thinking, more specifically rational thinking, is seen as a hallmark of human intelligence. A major philosophical endeavour then is to analyse the defining criteria of ‘intelligence’ and to see whether this definition could be universalized, extending to machines as well. Intelligenc…Read more