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>From: markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: "causal powers"
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Date: 10 Jan 92 19:33:46 GMT
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In article <1992Jan09.212515.38045@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> 
peterson@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (james peterson) writes:
>I understand that I am suggesting that free will is what Searle's "causal
>powers" come down to.  

I doubt that this is what Searle intends.  He describes a human being as
a "physical system" and ascribes mental events to "neurobiogical processes."
In other words, he is taking an entirely materialist position.


