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Article 2067 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: fb0m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Franklin Boyle)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: From neurons to computation: how?
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Date: 12 Dec 91 18:53:59 GMT
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Matthew P. Wiener writes:

> Machine yes.  Even Searle agrees that it's a machine.

What is a machine, anyway?  Is there any reason to doubt that a
brain is not a machine?

-Frank


