P-Zombie for Python Users

“P-Zombie” is a linguistic program — written by me, for Python — which automates the metaphysical process:

Basically, it’s a virtual philosopher without consious faculty.

P-Zombie for Python Users (that study philosophy)

The countless ways I’ve used this script for my studies, the endless amount of use cases I could think of, and just the general urge to share something useful with my friends; has lead me to release the P-Zombie code, open-source, to anyone who’s interested.

import random
import spacy

#install spaCy using pip: 'pip install spacy' (in terminal)

# Set up the NLP toolkit
nlp = spacy.load(en_core_web_sm")

# Define a list of quotes
QUOTES = [ “”, “”, ]

# Define a list of philosophical propositions
PROPOSITIONS = [ “”, “”, ]

# Define a list of arguments for and against each proposition
ARGUMENTS = {
 “”: [
 “For:”,
 “Against:”,
],
}

# Define a function to generate a random quote
def generate_quote():
 return random.choice(QUOTES)
  
random_quote = random.choice(QUOTES)

# Define a function to generate a philosophical argument for a random proposition
def generate_philosophical_argument():
 proposition = random.choice(PROPOSITIONS)
 arguments = ARGUMENTS.get(proposition, [])
 if not arguments:
 # If there are no predefined arguments for the proposition, generate them using NLP *patch*
 arguments = generate_arguments(proposition)
 return proposition, random.choice(arguments)

print(generate_philosophical_argument())

# Define a function to generate a distilled two-word statement for a random quote
def generate_logic(random_quote):
 doc = nlp(random_quote)
 for token in doc:
 if token.dep_ == “ROOT”:
 subject = token.head.text
 verb = token
 obj = “”
 for child in token.children:
 if child.dep_ == “dob”:
 obj = child.text
 return f”{subject} {verb.lemma_} {obj}”
 return “”

# Generate two-word statement and print w/quote
for quote in QUOTES:
 logic = generate_logic(random_quote)
 print(random_quote)
 print(logic)

zombie sprite by IronnButterfly

The console output should look something like this (depending on your inputs):

(‘Do we have free will?’, ‘Against: Our choices are determined by factors beyond our control, such as genetics and environment, and therefore free will is an illusion.’)

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