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>From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green)
Subject: Re: SHRDLU's mind
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
References: <1992Apr8.073244.29543@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992Apr8.155954.10355@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Apr10.032859.25669@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Message-ID: <1992Apr10.132931.19152@psych.toronto.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 13:29:31 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.032859.25669@ccu.umanitoba.ca> zirdum@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Antun Zirdum) writes:

>My opinion is that if
>it acts enough like a mind, then it is a mind - because that
>is what a mind is (the ability to solve problems, feel, etc -
>note: not inclusivly)

Then you are a behaviorist. Moreover, because of your inclusion of the term
"enough" you turned this into an analytic statement, as Davidson showed
decades ago. I'm neither a behaviorist, nor do I think psychology is
a matter of definition. It's a science.
>


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Christopher D. Green                christo@psych.toronto.edu
Psychology Department               cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto
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