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>From: floydb@aix.rpi.edu (Barry B Floyd)
Subject: Re: Virtual Person? (was re: Searle and the Chine
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Keywords: personal identity
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Resent postings haven't done much to clarify what seem to be the interesting
points raised by a "virtual person"...
 
Epistemically one might adequately argue that Searle's CR person may be
considered some sort of "virtual person". Ontologically it would seem that
Searle is not interested in "virtual people". 
 
It has been suggested that volition is one of many criteria worthy of 
considering when evaluating the personhood of a CR type fabrication. Is
this strictly necessary from an epistemic perspective? Please define
volition, if it is to be considered.
 
Sematics has frequently been raised as an issue of importance. Is it
merely that has been used as curse between combatants, is it also a
criteria worth considering with respect to "virtual persons". Is it     
necessary to further define "virtual" with respect to persons and/or
"persons" per se? 
 
Unless there is a wealth of information not generally available to
many authors, it would seem that these are non-trivial problems. 
 
barry

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