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>From: sakthi@cs.utexas.edu (Sakthi Subramanian)
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Subject: Re: Zeleny (was Re: Searle
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Date: 5 Dec 91 20:32:00 GMT
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In article <1991Dec4.183428.6144@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@brauer.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:
>
>I can't be responsible for your ability to recall my earlier arguments to
>the effect that a finite state automaton cannot internalize such meanings
>to the extent that the symbols produced by it could be said to denote;
>however, if you wish, I can send you, or anyone else interested in it, a
>summary thereof.
>

Gee, I wish I could say that the computer that printed my fee bill was
merely referring to its internal symbols or anything else 
and get away without paying it :-)

sakthi


