Searle's Chinese Room
Gordon Fitch
gcf at panix.com
Wed Apr 5 07:59:15 PDT 2000
Michael Pollak:
> ... (Although frankly, if he wants to cover all
> mental states, I think he should say minds are features of bodies. A
> pounding heart and a shiver of delight need more than a brain. Not to
> mention our spatial-temporal orientation and modes of visualization, which
> are kind of important for how we think too.)
In other words, if a mind requires a body, it requires a whole
world, including other minds. One might see it, almost, as
a phenomenon, a particular manifestation, of that whole world.
This might be a tough row to hoe for a mere algorithm.
Gordon
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