Socrates
Known chiefly through his dialogues with his student Plato, Socrates (469-399 b.c.) defined a dialectic method of question and answer as a means of obtaining knowledge through opposing views. Generally, Socrates' most famous philosophical ideas were the necessity of doing what one thinks is right even in the face of universal opposition, and the need to pursue knowledge even when opposed.
Articles on KurzweilAI.net that refer to Socrates
The Age of Intelligent Machines: A Platonic Dialog on the Nature of Human Thought By Ray KurzweilThe Age of Intelligent Machines, Chapter Two: Philosophical Roots By Ray Kurzweil
The Age of Intelligent Machines: Chronology By Ray Kurzweil
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The Age of Virtuous Machines By J. Storrs Hall
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